Lot n° 751
Estimation :
150 - 180
EUR
[CARICATURE] - Breaking iron, Captain. Colonel of the Cordel - Lot 751
[CARICATURE] - Breaking iron, Captain. Colonel of the Cordeliers Troupes légères.
(Late 18th century). Etching. 30 x 15 cm. Contemporary giltwood frame. Slight
foxing.
Satirical colored etching.
The figure, whose nose has been transformed into a dog's truffle, wears a soldier's costume assembled with the collar of a priest's robe.
a priest's collar. The cartoon thus seems to deal with the suppression of monastic vows
initiated in 1790.
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