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Parody of Count of Chambord's autopsy

Parody of Count of Chambord's autopsy<br/> &copy; madd Bordeaux - L. Gauthier
Parody of Count of Chambord's autopsy
©madd Bordeaux - L. Gauthier
Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1958 - Inv 58.1.10640

After nine years of hesitation between the restoration of the monarchy and the adoption of a republican constitution, the Third Republic triumphed in 1879 with the election of President Jules Grévy. The Count of Chambord, heir to the French throne, became the target of very virulent criticism...

object n°26 (pdf - 694.95 Ko)