print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1918,0511.67
- Title
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Object: C'était vraiment bien la peine de nous faire tuer (It was worth getting killed for, really...)
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Series: La Caricature
- Description
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Plate 524, No 251: satire representing three men who, as their gravestone states, "died for freedom" during the July Revolution (1830), coming out of their grave and looking with astonishment at troops are charging into a crowd. 27 August 1835
Lithograph
- Production date
- 1835
- Dimensions
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Height: 252 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 327 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This lithograph was published in the last issue of 'La Caricature', which was closed down on 27 August 1835, following the attempt on Louis-Philippe's life (28 July 1835) and the subsequent hardening of censorship.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: July Revolution 1830
- Associated titles
Associated Title: La Caricature
- Acquisition date
- 1918
- Acquisition notes
- Annotated in pencil, on verso: 'Léon Pillet / Paris 28-2-06 / Fr. 3.00'.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1918,0511.67