Title
Prisoners of Gaul delivered up to the beasts
1835
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Prisonniers Gaulois livres aux bêtes
- Date
- 1835
- Media category
- Materials used
- lithograph
- Dimensions
- 22.1 x 39.1 cm image; 33.3 x 52.4 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1988
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 488.1988
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Jean-Jacques Grandville
Works in the collection
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About
Grandville’s political satires contain a strong element of fantasy and often feature animals dressed as humans. The subject of this print was inspired by the workers’ uprising in Lyons in 1834. The rioting soon spread to Paris and over 100 people were arrested and imprisoned. They became known as the April Insurgents. Here Grandville presents himself in the place of an insurgent facing an absurd bench of judges.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Nov 1990–27 Jan 1991
Printmaking in the age of Romanticism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Aug 2009–25 Oct 2009
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Nicholas Draffin, Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Sydney, 1991, 13. no catalogue numbers
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