No. 15 Signe de Grande détresse!

Item Information

• Description
  Caricature of Henri Brisson (1835-1912) as an ape wearing a necklace. Brisson was a two-time Prime Minister of France and formed a cabinet during the Dreyfus Affair. His ministry was overthrown in October of 1898. Brisson was a supporter of Dreyfus and helped to secure his re-trial.

• Item ID
  mdhps010010190
• Source Collection
  Musée des horreurs [serial]
• Publisher
  [Paris] : Impr. G. Lenepveu, [1899-1900]
• Language
  fre
• Provenance
  Posters in Musée des Horreurs were acquired by the Rubenstein Library as a purchase, 2011-2012.
• Date
  1899
• Spatial Coverage
  France
  Paris (France)
• Creator
  Lenepveu, V.
• Extent
  26 x 20 in.
• Title
  No. 15 Signe de Grande détresse!
• Type
  Text
  Image
  caricatures
  cartoons
  political cartoons
  posters
  lithographs
  hand-colored lithographs
• Subject
  Brisson, Henri, 1835-1912
  Antisemitism--France
  France--Politics and government--1870-1940

• Copyright & Usage
  The materials in this collection are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. Texts and images from this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without prior permission from Duke University.