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Collection Record
Name/TitleDeath is the winner
About this objectThe Victor: Death is the Winner
In this brutal caricature, Gill has depicted the skeleton of a soldier (with medals on his bare ribs) crowned with the victor’s laurels.
MakerAndre Gill
Maker RoleArtist
MakerL'Eclipse newspaper
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made1870
PeriodPost 2nd Empire and the beginning of the 3rd Republic
Place MadeParis, France
Medium and MaterialsWood engraving on newspaper
Inscription and MarksSigned by A Gill
TechniquePrint from an engraving
Measurements19ins x 13,5ins (48.3cm x 34,3cm)
Subject and Association KeywordsThe Life and Times of Napoleon lll
Subject and Association KeywordsEmperor Napoleon lll
Subject and Association KeywordsEvents of 1870 in France,
