Charles Joseph Traviès de Villers
La tour de Babel politique (The Political Tower of Babel), from La Caricature
15 March 1834
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Artist
Charles Joseph Traviès de Villers
(Swiss, 1804–1859)
- Title La tour de Babel politique (The Political Tower of Babel), from La Caricature
- Date 15 March 1834
- Medium Lithograph
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Dimensions
sheet | 9 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.
- Credit line Gift of Eric G. Carlson in honor of Professor Elizabeth C. Childs, 2000
- Object number WU 2000.0020
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Technique
lithography
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Work type
print
caricature
The Political Eye: Nineteenth-Century French Caricature and the Mass Media
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/30/2009 - 04/27/2009
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