Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 472 x 365 mm; black ink stamp “5275” to reverse. Top centre: “LE PRINCE IMPÉRIAL”; right: “№143.” Image in the middle: Prince Impérial, with his father, conducts a review of the children’s army “REVUE DES PUPILLES DE LA GARDE”. Besides – five tiers of captioned cartoons. Bottom left: “Imp. lith. de Pellerin à Épinal”; right: Propriété de l’Éditeur. Déposé.”
Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – printer/publisher.
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| Subject | Bonapartism, Image d'Épinal, Image d'Épinal (Popular print), Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873), Politics, Propaganda, Second Empire (France), Second French Empire |
| Character / Sitter | Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873), Napoléon, Prince impérial (Louis-Napoléon; Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879) |
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| Publisher | Lith. de Pellerin (Épinal), Pellerin, Jean Charles (French, 1756 – 1836) |
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