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Titi-Louis (Prince Imperial)

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
De La Tramblais (caricaturist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print depicting the Prince Imperial Louis riding a rocking horse, holding a bullet and a balloon representing the Empire, and dressed in military uniform. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Caricatures & Cartoons
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Titi-Louis (Prince Imperial) (assigned by artist)
  • Affiliation de Badinguet (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Titi-Louis (Prince Imperial)'. Satirical illustration by De La Tramblais showing the Prince Imperial Louis riding a rocking horse. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print depicting the Prince Imperial Louis riding a rocking horse, holding a bullet and a balloon representing the Empire, and dressed in military uniform. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.6cm
  • Width: 18.4cm
Dimensions from: Lambert, Susan. The Franco-Prussian War and The Commune in Caricature 1870-71. catalogue of a collection of prints in the possession of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1971.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Affiliation de Badinguet Titi-Louis (Prince Imperial). Sur son cheval de Saarebruck. En vente chez Grognet impr. Fait, Rue des Ecoles 16.' (Lettered)
  • 'De La Tramblais' (Signed)
Gallery label
(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
De La Tramblais

Aged 14 the Prince Imperial underwent his baptism of fire on 2 August at Saarbrucken, where, from weak German advance troops France gained her one, insignificant victory of the campaign. He is shown clutching the Prussian bullet he is said to have picked up as a souvenir.

Lithograph, coloured by hand.
From a series of 10. E.273-1962
Historical context
Aged 14 the Prince Imperial underwent his baptism of fire on 2 August at Saarbrucken, where from weak German advance troops France gained her one, insignificant victory of the campaign. He is shown clutching the Prussian bullet he is said to have picked up as a souvenir. Shortly after the battle he was sent to the safety of England, where he continued his education. He was killed when he took part in an English expedition against the Zulus.
Subjects depicted
Rocking Horse
Bullet
Napoleon, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan, The Franco-Prussian War and The Commune in Caricature 1870-71: catalogue of a collection of prints in the possession of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, V&A, 1971
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.278-1962

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Record createdJanuary 28, 2009
Record URL
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