Toilette de la ville de Paris; vous la regarderez, mais vous n'y toucherez plus (BM 1878,0713.2565)

Satire on the fortifications of Paris showing a woman wearing a crown consisting of several Parisian monuments (Fontaine de la Concorde, Fontaine des Innocents, Luxor obelisk, Pantheon, Vendôme column, Bastille column) and wearing a bodice of stonework pierced with embrasures for cannons; at her feet, men smoking pipes dance in a circle. 1840s
Hand-coloured lithograph