Camden Park Rd, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5HJ, United Kingdom
Collection Record
Name/TitleWilhelm and Eugenie dance the flamenco
About this objectWilhelm of Prussia, depicted as bare chested and lascivious, is dancing with a scantily dressed Eugenie. Her Spanish origins symbolised by the castanets in her right hand.
In the text Wilhelm is urging her to reveal more of her bare legs than she is already doing by giving him 'un petit coup de chahut' - dancing the can-can.
Eugenie is referred to as Mme Badinguet in reference to the name Louis Napoleon assumed when escaping the Castle of Ham in 1846.
MakerPaul Klenck
Maker RoleArtist
MakerGrognet
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made1870-1871
PeriodPost 2nd Empire and the beginning of the 3rd Republic
