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Gare les Quilles (bewarethe skittles)
1832 La Caricature. Journal. Morale, Religieuse, Littéraire, Scénique - La Caricature ( Journal) No 93. Pl[anche] 189. [Paris] Becquet for Maison Aubert [16 August 1832]. Lithograph. Overall paper size: 21.3 × 32.6cm.; caricature de Grandville et Julien, parue sous le n° 93 dans le journal La Caricature, le 16 août 1832. Talleyrand est à terre , pour "ramasser et remettre en place " les souverains et les princes européens que la "Liberté", invisible ici, s'apprête à faire tomber. C'est don Miguel, roi du Portugal, que le diplomate tient dans sa main droite. A demi caché, le jeune duc d'Orléans, fils aîné du roi Louis-Philippe.Satirical print showing an allegory of Liberty fighting against the monarchical principle by attempting to upset the political arena with a revolutionary bowl. Her opponent in the ‘bowling alley’, a barren hillside outside a castle, is the seasoned diplomat Talleyrand, who is sitting on the ground facing her, his crutch visible to the right. The skittles are miniature images of European princes; King Louis Philippe is recognizable from behind in the centre of the print, and half-hidden in front of him, is his eldest son, the young Ferdinand-Philippe Duc d’Orleans. Supporting himself with his left hand, Talleyrand has restored to its place the diminuative effigy of Dom Miguel I, the auto- cratic young ruler of Portugal, with his right hand.A vitriolic caricature of all members of the July Monarchy govern- ment, mocking its repression of the opposition, and its weak foreign policy. Louis Philippe, represented as a fat, effeminate king wearing a toga, is accompanied by a decadent family and scheming, corrupt ministers. The composition is dominated by Talleyrand to the left who is portrayed as Vulcan, forging chains and protocols. He is sitting on netting with which he ensnares the world; a fleur-de-lys is tattooed on his right forearm; his orthopaedic shoe is on the correct foot and his crutch is partly buried under documents to his right.
Bernard-Romain Julien (1802–1871), a prominent lithographer from Bayonne, worked closely with Grandville.Satirical print showing an allegory of Liberty fighting against the monarchical principle by attempting to upset the political arena with a revolutionary bowl.
