La Commune No. 50: Ostyn

Date: 1870s
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  • La Commune No. 50: Ostyn
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  • The Commune: Ostyn
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  • 187X
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  • and thanks to his photograph, which we possess, his caricature greatly resembles him. He continues with his profession fruitfully in Geneva where he was able to take refuge."
  • This is a political caricature related to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 or the Paris Commune of 1871. Caption: "Membre de la Commune. Nous ne savons pas autre chose de Ostyn, qu'il était passementerie avant la commune , et grâce à la photographie que nous possédons, voici son portrait-charge très resemblent. Il continue fructueusement sa profession à Genève où il a fou se réfugie." Caption (English translation): "Member of the Commune. We don't know anything about Ostyn, other than that he was a passementerie before the Commune
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  • Pen, ink and gouache
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  • 1968-001a, Drawer M.7, Item 205
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