Title | La Commune No. 16: Gustave Courbet |
Alternative Title | The Commune: Gustave Courbet |
Creator (LCNAF) |
|
Date | 1870s |
Description | This is a political caricature related to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 or the Paris Commune of 1871. Caption: "Le chef de l'Ecole réaliste, en peinture et l'inventeur de la démolition de la colonne Vendôme en politique. (Réfugié à Genève.)" Caption (English translation): "Member of the Commune. Director of the Realist School of Art, in painting, and fabricator of the plan for the demolition of the Colonne Vendome. (Refugee in Geneva.)" |
Subject.Topical (LCSH) |
|
Subject.Name (LCNAF) |
|
Subject.Time Period (LCSH) |
|
Subject.Geographic (TGN) |
|
Genre (AAT) |
|
Language | French |
Physical Description | Pen, ink and gouache |
Type (DCMI) |
|
Format (IMT) |
|
Original Item Location | Drawer 2, Item 171 |
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_176.jpg |