Antique Print-LES-AMAZONES-DE-LA-SEINE-FRANCO-PRUSSIAN-WAR-Rosambeau-c.1871

Antique Print-LES-AMAZONES-DE-LA-SEINE-FRANCO-PRUSSIAN-WAR-Rosambeau-c.1871

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‘LES AMAZONES DE LA SEINE // MOYEN INFAILLIBLE DE FAIRE LA CROSSE EN L’AIR ? MESSIEURS LES PRUSSIENS; PROPOS? PAR MR F?LIX BELLY, INVENTEUR BREVET?, S.G.D.G.’

– A political satire lithograph depicting women soldiers, “Les Amazones de la Seine,” as a means to raise morale during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). Women dressed in military uniforms, holding rifles, with a backdrop of training drills and fallen soldiers, satirizing the idea of a female militia defending Paris.

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Description

Medium: Lithograph, hand-colored on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 36 x 27.4 cm (14.17 x 10.79 inch). Image size: 36 x 27.4 cm. (14.17 x 10.79 inch).

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

POLITICAL SATIRE, FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, WOMEN IN MILITARY, CARICATURE, 19TH-CENTURY LITHOGRAPH, FEMINIST HISTORY, PARIS DEFENSE, HUMOR | EXPO-503 (SATIRE)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: Collection Musee Carnavalet, Caricatures diverses series.

Biography engraver: E. Rosambeau (1871- fl.), also known as Morsabeau, was a French lithographer and caricaturist of the period of the Commune.

Additional information

Dimensions 27 × 36 × 1 cm

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