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Image Not Available for Un Effet de la loi sur la presse et sur les dessins [One Effect of the Law on the Press and on Illustrations], plate 178 from Actualités [Current Events]
Un Effet de la loi sur la presse et sur les dessins [One Effect of the Law on the Press and on Illustrations], plate 178 from Actualités [Current Events]
Image Not Available for Un Effet de la loi sur la presse et sur les dessins [One Effect of the Law on the Press and on Illustrations], plate 178 from Actualités [Current Events]

Un Effet de la loi sur la presse et sur les dessins [One Effect of the Law on the Press and on Illustrations], plate 178 from Actualités [Current Events]

Primary (1831–1887)
Printer
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1862
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (33.4 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Alvin and Ethel Romansky, G1970.10.10
Keywords
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object numberG1970.10.10
On View
Not on view
Label Text
Vernier is commenting on the restoration of the stamp tax on printed images which was approved by the legislature on August 9, 1848, and papers were no longer required to bear a governmental stamp as an indication of their passage through the censorship process and payment of a small fee. The June 1848 repression inspired a series of more conservative press laws that in many people's opinions marked a return to the policies of the July Monarchy. By reviving stereotypical characters from earlier caricatures who gaze at a display of clearly stamped prints, Vernier emphasizes the retrogressive nature of the new press laws.
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