Antique Print-FRANCO-PRUSSIAN-WAR-CARICATURE-TROCHU-Pilotell-c.1871

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‘NOUS PAS CRIER A BERLIN! MAIS NOUS VENIR A PARIS!… GRACE A MR TROCHU..’

– Political caricature mocking the Franco-Prussian War, depicting a Prussian soldier sitting on crates labeled “FRAGILE” and “Objets d’Art Fran?ais.” The caption references General Trochu and the fall of Paris.

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Description

Medium: Lithograph on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 27.7 x 35 cm (10.91 x 13.78 inch). Image size: 27.7 x 35 cm. (10.91 x 13.78 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Minor foxing, slight wear along edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

POLITICAL SATIRE, CARICATURE, FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, PARIS, TROCHU, PRUSSIAN SOLDIER, GERMAN EMPIRE, FRENCH DEFEAT, 19TH-CENTURY LITHOGRAPH | EXPO-503 (SATIRE)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Musee Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris.

Reference: Inventory Number: Musee Carnavalet – QB.2416.

Biography engraver: Georges Raoul Eugene Pilotelle (1845-1918) was a Paris Commune caricaturist known by the pseudonym Pilotell.

Additional information

Dimensions 35 × 27 × 1 cm

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