EXERCICES DE L'HERCULE PRUSSIEN - Le lèvra-t-il? ne le lèvra-t-il pas? ----------- RENOUVELÉ DE LA FOIRE AU PAIN D'ÉPICES. Mr. De Bismarck dit L'HERCULE PRUSSIEN se donnant un tour de Rhin.

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Title:
EXERCICES DE L'HERCULE PRUSSIEN - Le lèvra-t-il? ne le lèvra-t-il pas? ----------- RENOUVELÉ DE LA FOIRE AU PAIN D'ÉPICES. Mr. De Bismarck dit L'HERCULE PRUSSIEN se donnant un tour de Rhin.
Title (alt.):
EXERCISES OF THE PRUSSIAN HERCULES - Will he lift it? or will he not be able to lift if? ----------- NEW EDITION OF THE GINGERBREAD FAIR. Mr. de Bismarck also known as the PRUSSIAN HERCULES is taking a trip on the Rhine.. Charivari
Description:
The expression "Tour de Rhin" has a double meaning. Literally translated: Trip on the Rhine. Phonetically it sounds like "tour de reins" meaning "twist in the back".The print is making reference to Prussia suffering under the heavy burden of re-armament. In the background England, Russia, France, Turkey and Italy are watching with interest. There exists another possible definition of the image: the weight could also be Austria weighing heavily on Bismarck (after the battle of Sadowa). Once Schleswig and Holstein had been annexed by Prussia (from Austria-Denmark) Bismarck had no need any longer of an alliance with Austria.The print of the Dreyfus Collection holds the handwritten note by the censor: "Oui, par ordre du Préfet..." Prinz von Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck (1815 – 1898) was appointed Ambassador to France in 1862 and became State Minister and State Secretary in the same year. He was responsible for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 and was present at the siege of Paris. He proclaimed the dissolution of the German Federation and the establishment of a German Empire at Versailles. Bismarck claimed war damages from France amounting to 5 billion francs.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1866
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Fairs
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 30.5 x 24.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3924
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, April 16, 1866.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD3495