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Croquis Du Jour

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Lemaine & Fils (printer)
Corseaux, J (caricaturist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print in which Auguste Pouyer-Quertier fells and bombards Otto von Bismarck with coins. 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
Caricatures & Cartoons
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Croquis Du Jour (series title)
  • Versement Des 600 Millions (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Versement Des 600 Millions'. Satirical illustration by J. Corseaux (Louis Balsamo) in which Auguste Pouyer-Quertier fells and bombards Otto von Bismarck with coins. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which Auguste Pouyer-Quertier fells and bombards Otto von Bismarck with coins. 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: 31.1cm
  • Width: 23.1cm
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
'Croquis Du Jour No.5 Saillant, Editr. 5 et 10, r. du Croissant, Paris Imp. Lemaine, 61, r de Cléry Versement Des 600 Millions Canoniers......A Vos Pièces.......Feu!!!' (Lettered)
Gallery label
(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
J Corseaux "Louis Balsamo"

Auguste Pouyer-Quertier, the Minister of Finance, bombards Bismarck with coins. Bismarck originally demanded an indemnity of 600 milliard francs but this was reduced to 500 after negotiations. One milliard was to be paid during 1871 and the rest within three years. France paid her debts with amazing speed. The first demi-milliard reached Germany only one month after the collapse of the Commune and the complete sum was paid off by September 1873.

Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1201-1962
Object history
This lithograph was Plate 5 in a series of 5 entitled 'Croquis Du Jour'.
Subjects depicted
Men
Coins
Von Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold (Count)
Pouyer-Quertier, Auguste
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.1201-1962

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Record createdFebruary 6, 2009
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