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“L’aigle déplumé! . . .” (The Bald Eagle!)
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This caricature of Napoleon III (1808–1873), the last monarch of France, was made after the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), when Napoleon was being held in captivity in…

Contributor:

Alphonse Lévy

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1870–1871

Subjects:

Print, Art, Government, Humor, Politics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Print & Book Culture
Print depicting a man's head wearing helmet on an eagle's body chained to a perch and French caption.
Astérix le Gaulois, no. 1, cover
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Astérix le Gaulois is set in the first century BCE, during Rome’s conquest of Gaul (France), focusing on the inhabitants of a small village who, given superhuman strength by a magic potion prepared by…

Contributor:

René Goscinny

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1959

Subjects:

Comics, Print, Humor

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Comic strip featuring a title and heading across the top in French, and eight panels of comics below. The comics portray warriors, a man against several opponents, two warriors, a stylized map of France, a map of enemy tents, a warrior on a chair interrupted by a boy, two warriors talking, and four warriors talking while hiding behind a tree.