RETURN FROM THE TRIP TO THE NEUTRAL COUNTRIES!!! - Lot 277

RETURN FROM THE TRIP TO THE NEUTRAL COUNTRIES!!! [1870 WAR - SIEGE OF PARIS - CARTOON] Return from the trip to the neutral countries!!! “To the tune of ‘Le Petit homme gris’ by Béranger.” A large, illustrated satirical song about the Franco-Prussian War and the Siege of Paris. The text is arranged in eight verses above a large illustration depicting the French Republic facing a military formation, while a small figure riding a donkey carries a satchel marked “Armistice 1848.” Paris, J. Béchade Printing House, 56 Faubourg du Temple, Depot 48, Impasse Tourtille, circa 1870–1871. Black lithograph. Some foxing and soiling, minor marginal damage. Old handwritten annotation in pencil in the lower margin.

Estimate:£67.58

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