This catalogue was published in conjunction with an exhibition that focused on anti-monarchist satirical prints by the greatest French caricaturists of the early 19th century. The 65 images illustrated share as their common motif Louis Philippe, the “citizen-king” of France, satirized as a pear. Essays explore the compositional and stylistic invention of the pear series, as well as its impact on politics and censorship during the July monarchy.
1991
Elise K. Kenney and John M. Merriman
Paperback, 118 pages
$15.00