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Une Exécution Militaire Sur Le Bas-Rhin. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. October 22, 2020. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/roman/item/96.

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Title Une Exécution Militaire Sur Le Bas-Rhin
Alternative Title A Military Execution On The Lower Rhine
Description This is a political caricature related to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 or the Paris Commune of 1871. Lyon. Lith. Blein. Bernasconi Editeur, cours de Brosses, 12. Caption: "Voilà, dit Guillaume à ses soldats, ce Badinguet qui nous avait promis de nous faire entrer dans Paris. Vous voyez que le coquin n'a pas tenu sa promesse. Eh bien! puisqu'il est entre nos mains, vengeons-nous sur la bête. Que chacun de vous se déchausse d'un pied, et de l'un de ses souliers frappe dur et long-temps sur le bas rein de ce polisson que je livre à vos coups. Attention au Commandement! Crôlons en mains...une...deux...trois...Tappez ferme...Vous connaissez ce genre d'exercise; il es familier aux Prussiens!" Caption (English translation): "Well, said Guillaume to his soldiers, this Badinguet had promised to let us into Paris. You have seen that the devil didn’t keep his promise. So, since he is in our hands, let us take revenge on the beast. Each of you a take one shoe off and with it hit good and hard on the lower back of this prank that I have delivered to your blows. Attention to the command! [Crôlons] in hand... one... two... three... Hit hard!... You know this kind of exercise; it is familiar to the Prussians!"
Subject.Topical (LCSH)
  • Caricatures and cartoons
Subject.Name (LCNAF)
  • Napoleon III, Emperor of the French
  • Commune of Paris (France, 1871)
Subject.Time Period (LCSH)
  • Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Subject.Geographic (TGN)
  • France
Genre (AAT)
  • caricatures
Language French
Physical Description Hand-colored lithograph
Type (DCMI)
  • Image
Format (IMT)
  • image/jpeg
Original Item Location Drawer 4, Item 557
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_536.jpg
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