Gustave Doré's caricature of Baron Munchausen from Aventures du Baron de Münchausen (1862)
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| - | [[Doré's caricature of Münchhausen]], a portrait bust of [[Baron Münchhausen]] by French artist [[Gustave Doré]]]] | + | [[Gustave Doré's caricature of Baron Munchausen from Aventures du Baron de Münchausen (1862)|Doré's caricature of Münchhausen]]]] |
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| - | [[Gustave Doré]]'s [[caricature]] of [[Münchhausen]] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dore-munchausen-illustration.jpg] from ''[[Aventures du Baron de Münchausen]]''. | + | [[Gustave Doré]]'s [[caricature]] of [[Baron Munchausen]] from ''[[Aventures du Baron de Münchausen]]'' (1862). |
| The socle of the bust bears the words "Mendace veritas," Latin for "in falsehood, truth." | The socle of the bust bears the words "Mendace veritas," Latin for "in falsehood, truth." | ||
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Gustave Doré's caricature of Baron Munchausen from Aventures du Baron de Münchausen (1862).
The socle of the bust bears the words "Mendace veritas," Latin for "in falsehood, truth."
It served as an inspiration to John Neville in Terry Gilliam's film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen[1].
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