Camden Park Rd, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5HJ, United Kingdom
Collection Record
Name/TitleFuture of the Bonapartist Party
About this objectThe Prince Imperial and the Empress Eugenie are depicted as part of a cabbage which is about to be cut up by the cook (representing France) and put in the pot.
The title is a pun – "un chou" is a cabbage and the verb "echouer" means to fail.
Translation: It fails
MakerAndre Gill
Maker RoleArtist
MakerL'Eclipse newspaper
Maker RolePublisher
Date MadeSunday 22nd October 1871
PeriodPost 2nd Empire and the beginning of the 3rd Republic
Place MadeParis, France
Place NotesFrench
Medium and MaterialsSatirical wood carving, hand coloured on newspaper
Style and IconographyFrench
Inscription and MarksSigned by A Gill
TechniqueSatirical wood carving
Measurements18.5 ins x12.5ins (47cm x 31,8cm)
Subject and Association KeywordsSecond French Empire
Subject and Association KeywordsBonapartiste Party
Subject and Association KeywordsEmperor Napoleon lll
Subject and Association KeywordsThe Life and Times of Napoleon lll
