Title | Une Exécution Militaire Sur Le Bas-Rhin |
Alternative Title | A Military Execution On The Lower Rhine |
Date | 1870s |
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!" |
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Language | French |
Physical Description | Hand-colored lithograph |
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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 |