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L'homme au "chiffon de papier" // [The man with the "scrap of paper"].
1914
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Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 40/Drawer 10/GC077/Half Folio/20th c./World War 1/Artists I-Z GA 2012.01602
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1914]
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- World War, 1914-1918—Germany—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History, Military—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von, 1856-1921—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Germany—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—France—20th century
- Treaty of London (1839)—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- L'homme au "chiffon de papier" // [The man with the "scrap of paper"].
- Call Number
- A Middle 40/Drawer 10/GC077/Half Folio/20th c./World War 1/Artists I-Z GA 2012.01602
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcw3763n274
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1914]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1914
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 45.5 x 64.2 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Color lithographs
- Depiction: Caricature portrait. Full-length views of Bethman-Holleweg desperately struggling to rid himself of the "scrap of paper".
- Inscribed in plate: 'Bethmann-Hollweg arrive, tenant en main le celebre "chiffon de papier" . . . // Dont il essaie violemment de se debarasser // Puis, plus discretement il tente de se separer de l'encombrant papier . . . // les deux mains sous maintenant prises, engluees . . . // il fait intervenir les pieds . . . peine perdue le "Chiffon de papier" adhere aux semelles . . . . // et, quand apres, de multiples efforts . . . apres s'etre roule par terre, le comique Bethmann-Hollweg quitte la scene politique, le "chiffon de papier" reste fixe a son dos comme un ecriteau infamant dont il ne se debarassera jamais'.
- Numbered in pencil, lower right: "225/275".
- Signed on stone, lower right: "H. G. Ibels".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- World War, 1914-1918—Germany—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History, Military—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von, 1856-1921—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Germany—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—France—20th century
- Treaty of London (1839)—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ca255a3f-5257-45a0-bc76-d27700266d32/manifest