Politicians of the Parti National with stomach disorders and haemorrhoids. Wood engraving by Pépin (E. Guillaumin), 1889.

  • Pépin, 1842-
Date:
7 April 1889
Reference:
30990i
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Description

Top left, a woman vomiting into a bowl. Top right, a man inflating a rubber ring (inscribed "L'intransigeant") to protect from the effect of haemorrhoids when sitting on the seat marked "Siège de Deputé". Below left a man seated on a close-stool marked "Révision de la Constitution", with bottles of morphine and silver nitrate close by. Bottom right a clergyman holding a candle marked "cierge camphre" and a cloth marked "la cocarde"

Publication/Creation

Paris (5 Cité Bergère, 5) : J. Madre, 7 April 1889 (Paris : Imprimerie V[eu]ve Hugonis, 6, rue Martel)

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving, coloured ; image and lettering 34 x 28.4 cm

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Lettering

Les hémorroïdes du Parti National. L'œillet est bien endommagé. Pépin Translation of lettering: The damaged button-hole

Creator/production credits

Pépin: pseudonym of Edouard Guillaumin, b. 1842

Reference

Wellcome Collection 30990i

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