Plate 76: satire on the british blockade of piraeus in 1850, showing louis napoléon bonaparte interposing himself between an english officer and a greek man wearing the evzone uniform; page from issue 53 of satirical journal 'le charivari', published on 21 february 1850, with articles on verso
lithograph and letterpress. Date: 1850. Dimensions: Height: 196 mm (image size); Width: 239 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Napoléon III, Emperor of the French. Collection: British Museum. Intervention de la France entre la Grèce et l'Angleterre (BM 1861,1012.588)
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