Camden Park Rd, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5HJ, United Kingdom
Collection Record
Name/TitleSweeping away the Empire
About this objectFrance, personified by Marianne holding a tricolor flag and a sword, is driving a horse-drawn street sweeper, which is cleaning away the rubbish, in the form of the heads/facial features of Napoleon lll and Empress Eugenie.
Beneath the image are the revised words of a popular song, 'La Parisienne', which in its original format was the National Anthem of France between 1830 and 1848. The new words praise the events of September 1870 in Paris which swept away Napoleon lll and his imperial regime.
MakerUnknown
Maker RoleArtist
MakerGrognet
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made1870-1871
PeriodPost 2nd Empire and the beginning of the 3rd Republic
Place MadeParis, France
Medium and MaterialsHand coloured lithograph
Style and Iconographysatirical caricature
Inscription and MarksSigned AB possibly the artist is A. Belini
TechniqueSatirical Lithograph, hand coloured
MeasurementsNot framed or mounted
Subject and Association KeywordsEvents of 1870 in France,
Subject and Association KeywordsEmperor Napoleon III
Subject and Association KeywordsSecond French Empire
Subject and Association KeywordsThe French Republic
Subject and Association KeywordsThe Life and Times of Napoleon lll
