- Tu viens m'annoncer la victoire?...... dépêche-toi donc d'arriver pour m'en donner les détails!....
Title (alt.):
- Are you coming to announce victory?...... so hurry up and give me the details!..... Charivari
Description:
MacMahon beat the Austrian Army in the battle of Magenta on June 4, 1859. As a result he was proclaimed Duke of Magenta. This print shows the Hungaro-Austrian General Gyulai (born in Pest 1798 - died in Vienna 1868) announcing the lost battle to his king, Emperor Franz-Josef I (1830 - 1916). CES BONS AUTRICHIENS is the title of an album published by the CHARIVARI in 1859. It contains 30 prints sur blanc, of which 23 are by Daumier. The remaining seven prints had been supplied by Charles Vernier. All these prints have previously appeared in the CHARIVARI under the series “Actualités” between February and July 1859. The prints of this album deal with the relatively short war between Italy and Austria, which ended in the unification of Italy under the Savoy reign. On July 10, 1859 an armistice was signed. GYULAI, Ferencz (1798 - 1868). He acted as Field Marshal and War Minister for the Austrian Empire in 1849 and 1850. He became Commander-in-chief of the Austro-Hungarian Army in Italy in 1859 and was defeated by the French in the battles of Magenta (June 4, 1859) and Solferino (June 24, 1859).
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:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, June 11, 1859.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
