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Cheval, E.: Paris

La Bain de Sang. c.1871

RCIN 809181

Description

Satire: Emperor Wilhelm I goes for a swim in a blood filled lake with dead bodies. A tree by the lake with dead bodies draped over branches. A German soldier stands to left with a torn French flag. Burning houses in b'gd.
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Cheval, E.: Paris
(editor)

Search the collection Madre, Rue de Croissant, Paris
(printer)

Subject(s)

Search the collection William I, Emperor of Germany & King of Prussia (1797-1888)
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Medium and techniques

colour lithograph
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Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
History
History of Europe
History of France
France-History (Second Republic and Second Empire 1848-1870)
France-History (Second Empire. Napoleon III 1852-1870)
France-History (Third Republic to Fifth Republic 1870-)
General medieval and modern history (European history)

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