Name: Antique Print-ACCUSES-DANS-VOTRE-INTERET-CARICATURE-Delaunois-1835
SKU: PICTURA-06138
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Antique Print-ACCUSES-DANS-VOTRE-INTERET-CARICATURE-Delaunois-1835

€125.00

‘ACCUSES, C?EST DANS VOTRE INTERET ! (ACCUSED, IT IS IN YOUR INTEREST!)’

– Political satire lithograph from La Caricature politique, morale, litteraire et scenique, criticizing the treatment of the accused from the “Proces d’Avril” (April trials) in France. The artwork emphasizes class struggle and judicial injustice through stark visual contrasts.

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Description

Medium: Lithograph on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 35.5 x 27 cm (13.98 x 10.63 inch). Image size: 27.3 x 24.7 cm. (10.75 x 9.72 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Some foxing, slight aging, but overall well-preserved. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

POLITICAL CARICATURE, SATIRE, PROC?S D’AVRIL, FRANCE, MONARCHY, INJUSTICE, OPPRESSION, LA CARICATURE, 19TH-CENTURY LITHOGRAPH, JUDICIAL SYSTEM | EXPO-503 (SATIRE)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: La Caricature politique, morale, litteraire et scenique, Volume 9, June 25, 1835 (Plate No. 503).

Biography engraver: Nicolas Louis Delaunois (1805-?) was a French printer and lithographer active in the 19th century, known for his contributions to political satire publications.

Biography artist: The artwork is attributed to an anonymous artist, contributing to the satirical journal La Caricature, which criticized the monarchy and political repression in France.