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Les Folies De La Commune

Print
1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Rouge Frères Et Comp. (printer)
Noé, Amédée-Charles-Henry De (Comte) (caricaturist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Print in which two men are shown wearing protective suits with long tubes extending from the face. The seated man wears a suit of blue, the standing man one of yellow, each have a hat. 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 Folies De La Commune (series title)
  • Uniforme Contre L'Incendie Proposé Pour Les Conseilleurs Municipaux... (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Uniforme Contre L'Incendie Proposé Pour Les Conseilleurs Municipaux...' Satirical illustration by Amédée-Charles-Henry de Noé (Cham) in which two men are shown wearing protective suits with long tubes extending from the face. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1871.
Physical description
Print in which two men are shown wearing protective suits with long tubes extending from the face. The seated man wears a suit of blue, the standing man one of yellow, each have a hat. 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: 25.7cm
  • Width: 18.3cm
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
  • 'No 16 Les Folies De La Commune Paris. - Typ. Rouge frères et Comp.' (Lettered)
  • 'Uniforme Contre L'Incendie Proposé Pour Les Conseilleurs Municipaux Depuis Qu'On Brule Les Hotels De Ville.' (Lettered with caption)
  • 'CHAM / 67' (Signed)
Gallery label
(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
"Cham" (pseudonym of Amadée Charles Henri, Count of Noë) (1819-79)

The artist suggests a way in which the communard officials can protect themselves from the fire as they burn the seat of government.

Lithograph, coloured by hand. E.1782-1962
Object history
First published in Le Charivari on 27 July 1871. Republished in the state reproduced as plate 16 from a series of 20 entitled Les Folies De La Commune'.
Subjects depicted
Hats
Men
Protective Clothing
Dining Tables
Chair
Quill Pen
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.1782-1962

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2009
Record URL
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