Caption

Caricature of the politician Émile Ollivier as a fallen horseman, Entre deux selles, Current affairs, Actualités, cartoon, Series number, 63, printmaker: Honoré Daumier, Paris, printer (person): Destouches, publisher: Arnauld de Vresse, 1869, printer (person), paper, lithography, height 287 mm x width 257 mm, Print used for: Le Charivari, April 15, 1869., Person, Émile Ollivier, historical persons, political caricatures and satires, caricatures (human types), horse-racing, A charcoal or pencil illustration shows a man with exaggerated facial features and glasses sitting on the ground, leaning back on one hand with legs bent and an expression of surprise or alarm, while behind him two saddled horses are shown in motion with visible legs and rounded bodies; behind the scene a curved railing separates the foreground from a tiered audience drawn as soft, indistinct figures seated in rows, and the overall image uses strong shading and sketch-like lines on a light paper background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B38_064

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56.5Mb (10.6Mb) / 13.5in x 16.2in / 4057 x 4869 (300dpi)

Keywords

Caricature politician Émile Ollivier fallen horseman Entre deux selles Current affairs Actualités cartoon Series number 63 printmaker Honoré Daumier Paris printer person Destouches publisher Arnauld de Vresse 1869 paper lithography height 287 mm x width 257 mm Print Le Charivari April 15 Person Émile Ollivier historical persons political caricatures satires caricatures human types horse-racing charcoal pencil illustration man exaggerated facial features glasses sitting ground leaning back hand legs bent expression surprise alarm two saddled horses shown motion visible legs rounded bodies scene curved railing separates foreground tiered audience drawn soft indistinct figures seated rows image uses strong shading sketch- lines light paper background