Les Coulisses de la Réaction

Date: 1870s
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  • Les Coulisses de la Réaction
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  • Behind the Scenes of the Reaction
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  • 187X
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  • This is a political caricature related to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 or the Paris Commune of 1871. Within illus.: Constituent. Closed for public use. R.F.. The elections for the Constituent are postponed. Widow after Sedan (on sword). Le Pays, paper of the empire for the right-minded. [Besa…]. [Reaction en tous gens dévoument des … 160,000]. [Soup Elector?]. [Roux vif contrube]. 1852. 1814. 1815. 1830. note in pencil: [Gadala]. Caption: "Il était temps!!! Un peu de plus et nous étions sauvés une seconde fois par ces messieurs redevenus. Républicains acharnés." Caption (English translation): "It was about time! A little more and we would have been saved again by the gentlemen reverted fierce republicans."
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  • Hand-colored lithograph
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  • 1968-001a, Drawer M.10, Item 580
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