Un Pauvre Petit Trône, S'il Vous Plaît

Date: 1870s
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  • Un Pauvre Petit Trône, S'il Vous Plaît
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  • A Poor Little Trone, Please!
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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.: 100. Imperial Decrees. Odorless Patented System. 22 years of mischievous actions. Bernasconi, Editor, cours de Brosses, 12, Lyon. Imp. Blein, r. Montesquieu, 45, Lyon. Caption: "Voilà cette pauvre famille Badinguet - plaignez-la, elle n'emporte que quelques petits millions, son bagage est petit, et ne se compose que d'objets de première nécessité et accessoires de voyage. Ce qu'il faut à ces pèlerins, c'est un trone quelconque, et Badinguet, le binocle sur l'oeil, cherche à en découvrir un quelque part. Presses d'arriver sa femme et son fils lui demandent s'il n'aperçoit rien. "Je ne distingue rien encore, répond-il - mais je crois sentir quelque chose - il me semble que nous approchons du but."" Caption (English translation): "Here is the poor Badinguet family - pity them, they carry only a few millions, their luggage is small and consists only of essential items and travel accessories. What these pilgrims need, is a throne or another, and Badinguet, the glasses on his eyes, is trying to find one somewhere. Eager to arrive, his wife and son asked him if he had found anything. I do not see a thing yet, he says, but I believe I feel something, it seems we are approaching the goal.”"
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  • Hand-colored lithograph
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  • 1968-001a, Drawer M.10, Item 553
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