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L'Éloquence De Me. Jules-Favre

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Lemaine & Fils (lithographer)
Baylac, Alexandre (caricaturist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print depicting Jules Favre angrily hitting a desk, upsetting papers, a book and an inkwell. 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
  • L'Éloquence De Me. Jules-Favre (assigned by artist)
  • Les Girouettes (series title)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
'L'Éloquence De Me. Jules-Favre'. Satirical illustration by Alexandre Baylac depicting Jules Favre angrily hitting a desk, upsetting papers, a book and an inkwell. Lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print depicting Jules Favre angrily hitting a desk, upsetting papers, a book and an inkwell. 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: 30.5cm
  • Width: 21cm
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
  • (Les Girouettes) 'L'Éloquence De Me. Jules-Favre. Trop de belles paroles pour de si tristes actions. En vente chez A. Baylac r. de Cléry, 59. Lith Lemaine & Fils' (Title, lettered above design.)
  • 'A. Baylac' (Signed)
  • 'Code / Discours / Lois / La Tâche D'Encre. Comm'C'Est Beau! Ni un pouce de notre territoire. Ni une pierre de nos fortresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . plutôt tout? ....' (Lettered within design.)
Gallery label
(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
A Baylac

Jules Favre is taunted with his own words: 'We will not yield one inch of our territory, one stone of our fortresses', after the oppressive terms of the peace treaty he negotiated have been made public.

Lithograph.
From a series of 4. E.1225-1962
Object history
Plate from a series of 4 entitled 'Les Girouettes'.
Subjects depicted
Man
Desk
Inkwell
Book
Favre, Jules
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.1225-1962

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2009
Record URL
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