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print; satirical print

Object Type

print
satirical print

Museum number

1989,0930.78

Title

Object: Object: La balance politique

Description

Folding plate from 'Le Nain Jaune', text, ii. 191 f. A pair of evenly balanced scales hangs from a
hook on the upper margin of the design. On one scale (left) Wellington has placed coins and
ingots of gold on which one hand rests; in the other is a money-bag. The opposite scale is filled
by a large square package, which is quartered by the cord binding it. The… View more

Producer name

Print made by: Anonymous

Formerly attributed to: Eugène Delacroix

School/style

French

Production date

1815

Production place

Published in: Paris (France)

Europe: France: Ile-de-France (region): Paris (France)

Materials

paper

Technique

etching
hand-coloured

Dimensions
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Height: Height: 313 millimetres

Width: Width: 439 millimetres

Inscriptions

Inscription type: inscription

Inscription content: Lettered "E xxxxx" with title and numbered 6 at top right. With 'se
trouve dans le no. du 15 mai 1815 du nain jaune' and the publication line 'Se vend au
bureau du journal'.

Curator's comments

(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires
in the British Museum', IX, 1949)
A satire on the Congress of Vienna in which the old theme of British gold (cf. No. 12522) is
combined with that of the divisions among the Allies over the reconstruction of Europe : 'Il s'est
établi à Vienne depuis environ un an une… View more

Bibliographic references

De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe.

Inventaire analytique. (9512)
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and
Drawings in the British Museum (12542)

Location

Not on display

Exhibition history

2001 May-Sep BM, P&D, 'Paper Assets' (no cat.)

Subjects

satire

Associated names

Associated with: Alexander I, Tsar of Russia

Associated with: Frederick William III, King of Prussia
Associated with: Louis XVIII, King of France
Associated with: Prince Klemens von Metternich
Associated with: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevento
Associated with: Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
Associated with: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Acquisition name

Purchased from: Arsène Bonafous-Murat

Acquisition date

1989

Department

Prints and Drawings

Registration number
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1989-0930-78 2/4
19/11/23, 14:13 print; satirical print | British Museum

1989,0930.78

Conservation

Treatment

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