{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O143594"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O143594/"}},"images":null,"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O143594","accessionNumber":"CIRC.553-1962","objectType":"Poster","titles":[{"title":"Babylone d'Allemagne","type":"assigned by artist"}],"summaryDescription":"This poster advertises the publication of one of Victor Joze's novels, 'Babylone d'Allemagne', or 'The German Babylon'. The novel is a satirical exploration of German bourgeois society. Toulouse-Lautrec's poster highlights the emphasis the federal state placed on its military might during German Imperial rule. A dashing soldier on parade has caught the eye of a passing female spectator, to the irritation of her companion. The artist created a poster for another of Joze's works: 'La Reine de Joie', as part of a series of novels published by Joze entitled, 'La ménagerie sociale'.","physicalDescription":"The scene shows a young soldier on parade. To his left a sentry guard stands 'en garde'. A woman passing out of the right-hand corner of the composition is trying to catch the soldier's eye to the evident irritation of her companion.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec","id":"A6626"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Chaix","id":"A32190"},"association":{"text":"printers","id":"AAT25732"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Lithographic ink","id":"AAT187750"},{"text":"Paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"Colour lithograph","id":"x35545"},{"text":"Planographic printing","id":"AAT53255"},{"text":"Splatter","id":"AAT254788"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Colour lithograph","categories":[{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Posters","id":"THES252963"}],"styles":[{"text":"Post-impressionist","id":"AAT21508"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLC (VA)","id":"THES49171"},"free":"","case":"MM","shelf":"13","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"poster","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"Designed and made","id":"x39722"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1894","earliest":"1894-01-01","latest":"1894-12-31"},"association":{"text":"Designed and made","id":"x39722"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"CIRC.552-1962","id":"O143596"},"association":"Duplicate"},{"object":{"text":"E.230-1921","id":"O136806"},"association":"Duplicate"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"1237","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"2016","earliest":"2016-01-01","latest":"2016-12-31"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"883","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"2016","earliest":"2016-01-01","latest":"2016-12-31"},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Poster, 'Babylone d'Allemagne' by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1st state before letters. France, 1894.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1962:\r\n\r\n'Babylone d'Allemagne' par Victor Joze\r\nPoster- colour lithograph, 1894\r\nHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec (without lettering)\r\nPrinted by Chaix, Paris"},{"reference":{"text":"Delteil, <i>Le peintre-graveur illustré X-XI, H. Toulouse-Lautrec</i>","id":"AUTH411694"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Toulouse-Lautrec : the complete prints","id":"AUTH411403"},"details":"","free":"The Wittrock catalogue raisonne notes this is the rarer version (before letters) with only one in a public collection (V&A). The museum holds two copies of the version before lettering. See also CIRC.552-1962 for the duplicate proof without text and E.230-1921 for the version with lettering."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"soldier","id":"AAT185678"},{"text":"horse","id":"x30117"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"Power","id":"x39274"},{"text":"Military","id":"x40300"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["CIRC.553-1962"],"accessionNumberNum":"553","accessionNumberPrefix":"CIRC","accessionYear":1962,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-03-05","recordCreationDate":"2008-01-16","availableToBook":false}}