Collection Record

Name/TitleThe cost of war: To Augusta, Empress of all Prussians

About this objectA female warrior in a picklehaube helmet, holding a dagger, stands on top of a pile of skulls and bones. The rhyme underneath asks the warrior/Augusta 'to hear the eternal cry of mothers for their dead children.'

MakerFaustin Betbeder (1847-1914) pseudonym ‘Faustin’

Maker RoleArtist

MakerDuclaux

Maker RolePublisher

Date Made1871

PeriodPost 2nd Empire and the beginning of the 3rd Republic

Place MadeParis, France

Medium and MaterialsHand coloured lithograph

Style and Iconographycaricature

Inscription and MarksSigned Faustin

TechniquePrint of a caricature

Measurements13.6 ins x 10 ins (33 cms x 25.4 cms)

Subject and Association KeywordsFranco Prussian War

Subject and Association KeywordsEmpress Augusta of Prussia

Subject and Association KeywordsThe Life and Times of Napoleon lll

Subject and Association KeywordsEmperor Napoleon III

Object TypeCaricature

Object numberCPCAR048