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Ceci A Tué Cela

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Daumier, Honoré (illustrator)
Place of origin
France (printed)

Satirical print depicting a woman, arms outstretched, pointing to a dead body on her right and to her left a plinth from which numerous 'ouis' emanate. 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

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleCeci A Tué Cela (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
'Ceci A Tué Cela'. Satirical illustration by Honoré Daumier in which a woman, arms outstretched, points to a dead body. Lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Satirical print depicting a woman, arms outstretched, pointing to a dead body on her right and to her left a plinth from which numerous 'ouis' emanate. 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: 24.4cm
  • Width: 19.7cm
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
  • 'Ceci A Tué Cela (Lettered)
  • 'H.D' (Signed)
  • 'Urne Electorale' and 'oui' (Lettered within design.)
  • '7' (Numbered)
Object history
First published in Le Charivari on 9 February 1871. Republished in the state reproduced in L' Album du Siége.
Historical context
This was Daumier's comment on the election issue.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Corpse
Robe
Plinths
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: Victoria and Albert Museum, 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.556-1962

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Record createdFebruary 6, 2009
Record URL
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