Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 610 x 390 mm; black ink stamp “5207” to reverse, attached to a larger sheet of thick paper with a red ink stamp: “COLLECTION JEAN-CLAUD LACHNITT | REPRODUCTION INTERDIT”.
Top: Baptême de S. A. le PRINCE IMPÉRIAL. 14 Juin 1856; image of baptism of Prince-Impérial; two-column text with a small loss in the lower left corner (C'est à cinq heures du soir que le cortège impérial quitta le Palais des Tuileries. De nombreux escadrons de cavalerie, musique en tête ouvraient la marche. ...); bottom under the text: "Fabrique d'Images de GANGEL, à Metz." — "49".
Additional Information
| Collection | European prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Propaganda |
| Period | 19 AD , Mid-19th century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Media/Technique | Hand-colouring , Paper , Wood engraving , Woodcut , Wove paper |
| Subject | Baptism , Bonapartism , Christian rites , Image d'Épinal , Image d'Épinal (Popular print) , Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873) , Politics , Propaganda , Sacrament |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1856 |
| Acquisition year | 2023 |