BADINGUET'S AFFILIATION, No. 5 — PIERRE BONAPARTE - Lot 51

BADINGUET'S AFFILIATION, No. 5 — PIERRE BONAPARTE DE LA TRAMBLAIS. Badinguet's Affiliation. No. 5. Pierre Bonaparte. I can smell fresh meat! Paris, Grognet, printer and publisher, 16 Rue des Écoles, [circa 1870–1871]. Colored satirical lithograph depicting Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte as a Corsican hunter, armed with a rifle and a knife. The caricature likely refers to his violent reputation and the Victor Noir affair, in which he killed the journalist in January 1870. Signed De la Tramblais. A few foxing spots and slight marginal soiling.

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