print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1900,1231.1043
Title: Object: Champfleury; Series: Biographies contemporaines
Description: Caricature of Champfleury depicted as a man with an oversized head sitting on the floor and looking at a plate through a magnifying glass; more decorated plates surround him; cover to a four-pages leaflet, issue No3 of the series "Biographies contemporaines". 1881 Photomechanical print, hand-coloured
Producer name: Print made by: Michelet; After: Léon Choubrac, known as Hope; Printed by: Imprimerie Charaire; Published by: Capiomont aîné, Calvet & Cie
School/style
Production date: 1881
Production place: Printed in: Paris (France); Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: photorelief; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 172 millimetres (image size); Width: 134 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: caricature; satire
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1900
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1900,1231.1043

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