Title | Les Représentants Representés: Vésin |
Alternative Title | The Represented Representatives: Vésin |
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Date | 1870s |
Description | This is a political caricature related to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 or the Paris Commune of 1871. Legislative Assembly, 16. Numbered within the dessign 63. Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse. Imp. Aubert & Cie. Caption: "Chinois naturalisé français. -Le plus beau jour de la vie de Vésin sera celui où il pourra aller siéger à l'Assemblée nationale, revêtu du riche costume qu'il portait naguère dans le céleste Empire, et sous lequel il plaisait tant à toutes les femmes de Macao." Caption (English translation): "Chinese naturalized French. The best day in the life of Vésin will be the one when he can sit in the National Assembly, dress with the richest clothes he wore once not so long ago in the celestial Empire, and under which he is so pleasing to all the women of Macao." |
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Language | French |
Physical Description | Lithograph |
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Original Item Location | Drawer 1, Item 37 |
Original Collection | Alvin Romansky Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune Caricatures |
Digital Collection | Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune Caricatures |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/roman |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
Use and Reproduction | This item is in the public domain and may be used freely. |
File Name | roman_201203_040a.jpg |