AN EFFECT OF THE DROUGHT - Lot 284

AN EFFECT OF THE DROUGHT LE PETIT (Alfred). An effect of the drought. Plate from the *Actualités* series, No. 5. Caricature of a Prussian soldier caught in French fire. Caption in French, deliberately Germanized: “Doner-Teufel!!!! It seems the French are terribly short on water. The brown ones are simply thirsty. ” Black lithograph. Paris, F. Wentzel, Printer and Publisher, 65 Rue Saint-Jacques. Signed on the plate: A. Le Petit. Scattered foxing, more pronounced in the margins; slight browning of the paper.

Estimate:£67.77

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