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Cottu and his umbrella saving the monarchy

Cottu and his umbrella saving the monarchy
(Cottu et son parapluie sauvant la monarchie)
(1830)

Medium
hand-coloured lithograph
Measurements
36.0 × 27.1 cm (image and sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
IFF 4
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: E. Forest
printed in ink l.l.: Litho. de Mendouze.
printed in ink l.r.: Chez Ostervald Aine’ quai des Augustines n..o (o in superscript above .. ) 37. et Hautecoeur (…illeg.)
printed in ink u.c.: Cottu et son Parapluie sauvant la Monarchie.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Charles, ah! qu’as-tu Cottu pourquoi trembles-tu? Cottu-Sire nous sommes f…s. / mon parapluie ne résiste plus!-Charles-qui l’eut cru Cottu?
Accession Number
1291-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
caricatures Charles X, King of France conflict (general sense) kings (people) political cartoons protection (sociological concept) satire (artistic device) umbrellas