BADINGUET'S AFFILIATION — TITI-LOUIS - Lot 46

BADINGUET'S AFFILIATION — TITI-LOUIS DE LA TRAMBLAIS. Badinguet's Affiliation. Titi-Louis (Imperial Prince). On his horse from Saarbrücken. Paris, Grognet, printer and publisher, 16 Rue des Écoles, [circa 1870–1871]. Colored satirical lithograph depicting Imperial Prince Louis-Napoléon, son of Napoleon III, riding a rocking horse and holding a bomb marked “Pétrel.” The caption mocks the Saarbrücken episode, exploited by imperial propaganda at the start of the 1870 war, in which the young prince accompanied his father. Signed “De la Tramblais” on the plate. Paper slightly browned, with a few foxing spots and minor marginal marks.

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