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The pair are depicted as the scoundrels, Robert-Macaire and Bertrand.  Napoleon III, wearing green trousers, laurels on his head and with a syringe at his side, kisses the hand of Wilhelm.  The latter is dressed in a blue coat and has a pair of pistols attached to his belt.  Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes.  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Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Lambert, Susan, <u>The Franco-Prussian War and The Commune in Caricature 1870-71: catalogue of a collection of prints in the possession of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>, London, V&A, 1971","id":"AUTH353267"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962</u>. 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These accomplices made their debut in the melodrama <u>L' Auberge des Adrets</u> by Chevrillon, Lacoste and Chaponnier in 1823. In 1832 the play was rewritten as a comedy entitled <u>Robert Macaire</u> and the thieves were transformed into swindlers. They were further immortalized by Daumier in a series of 100 caricatures published between 1836 and 1838.\r\n\r\nProcess engraving by Lefman.\r\nColoured by hand. E.836-1962","date":{"text":"27/05/1971-10/10/1971","earliest":"1971-05-27","latest":"1971-10-10"}}],"partNumbers":["E.836-1962"],"accessionNumberNum":"836","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1962,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2009-02-03","availableToBook":false}}