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LOT 18:
Antisemitic Poster - Dreyfus Affair - "Monsters Exhibition"
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Antisemitic Poster - Dreyfus Affair - "Monsters Exhibition"
Poster No. 26 of the series "Musée des Horreurs" ["Monsters Exhibition" / "Museum of Horrors"] by V. Lenepveu, Paris. Published on April 15, 1900. French.
An impressive hand-painted lithographic print depicting Kahn, Picquart, Reinach, Zola and Dreyfus in animal figures dancing around Loubet drumming on which is written: "Panama" - to imply that He tried to hide the 'Panama affair' when he was interior minister. ('Panama Scandal' - A corruption scandal that broke out in France in 1892 over the construction of the Panama Canal, in which a loss of close to a billion francs was recorded when the government took bribes to keep quiet about the Panama Canal's financial problems, considered the biggest financial scandal of the 19th century).
About the Monsters Exhibition series see previous item.
