BEFORE THE BATTLE / AFTER THE BATTLE - Lot 59

BEFORE THE BATTLE / AFTER THE BATTLE [1870 WAR - CARTOON - NAPOLEON III] Before the battle. — After the battle. Color satirical print, No. 9, featuring two caricatured portraits of a French soldier as a pair: on the left, before the battle, with a triumphant mustache and a pipe in his mouth; on the right, after the battle, defeated and aged. Colored lithograph. Available at Madre, publisher, 20 Rue du Croissant; lithographed by Barousse in Paris. Old pencil annotations in the upper margin. Some foxing and soiling, slight creases, and signs of wear.

Estimate:$89.56

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