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Les Communeux par H. Nérac

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Jailly (printer)
Xiat, H (caricaturist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Satirical print in which Jules Bergeret, dressed in red, yellow and blue, rides a bicycle, with a flag and an exploding cannon attached to it, past a signpost for Neuilly. 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
  • Les Communeux par H. Nérac (series title)
  • Bergeret Lui Même Est A Neuilly (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Bergeret Lui Même Est A Neuilly'. Satirical illustration by H. Xiat (H. Nérac) in which Jules Bergeret, dressed in red, yellow and blue, rides a bicycle, with a flag and an exploding cannon attached to it. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Satirical print in which Jules Bergeret, dressed in red, yellow and blue, rides a bicycle, with a flag and an exploding cannon attached to it, past a signpost for Neuilly. 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: 18.1cm
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.
Copy number
5
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No.5 Les Communeux par H. Nérac. Bergeret Lui Même Est A Neuilly Jailly Dessinr. Impr. Editr. 7 et 9 Rue Oberkampf. Paris. Tirag. spécial sur papier de luxe pour les amateurs. Parisiens!!! Dormez Tranquilles' (Lettered)
  • 'H. Nérac' (Signed)
Gallery label
(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
H. Nérac "Xiat"

After Lullier's dismissal, command of the National Guard was temporarily placed in the hands of three officers who were raised to the rank of General, including Jules Bergeret. At the outset of the disastrous sortie on 3 April confidence was in the air. No-one was more sure of a successful outcome than Bergeret, who declared in his first despatch from the front ‘Bergeret himself is at Neuilly.’ A few hours later, after a shell from Mount Valérien had disrupted his plans, and a cavalry charge had scattered his inexperienced troops, he was back in Paris, where he was arrested by Cluseret for ‘insubordination’. He is shown in a carriage because, having suffered a serious accident in his childhood, he was unable to lead his men on foot.

Lithograph, coloured by hand.
From a series of 6. E.1450-1962
Subjects depicted
Man
Soldier
Bicycle
Uniform
Bergeret, 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.1450-1962

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Record createdFebruary 11, 2009
Record URL
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