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Collection Record
Name/TitleThe Imperial Rose
About this objectThe Empress is depicted as an out-sized rose attracting a wide variety of flying insects – all 10 of which are caricatures of leading Bonapartist supporters.
There is a helpful key underneath naming each of these individuals.
MakerAlfred le Petit
Maker RoleArtist
MakerDucaux
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made1871
PeriodThe siege of Paris
Place MadeParis, France
Medium and MaterialsProcess engraving, hand coloured on paper
Style and Iconographysatirical caricature
TechniquePrint from an engraving
Measurements14ins x 11 ins (35.6 cms x 28cms)
Subject and Association KeywordsEmpress Eugéne
Subject and Association KeywordsKey political figures at the end of the second empire
Subject and Association KeywordsThe Imperial family
Subject and Association KeywordsThe Life and Times of Napoleon lll
Subject and Association KeywordsEmperor Napoleon lll
