Print, satirical print, newspaper-periodical (BM 1898,0527.267)

A complete issue of satirical journal 'La Comédie Politique' (3rd year, issue No103, Sunday 5 December 1880); with headlining the front page a satirical woodcut showing a theatrical representation; and, below, a large illustration entitled 'C'est bien lui!... c'est bien elle!' showing French personalities of the time caricatured as monkeys and eyeing portraits of the historical figures they seek to emulate; on the left, a monkey (Gambetta) clutching a bell with its tail stares at a portrait of Mirabeau; behind him, another monkey (Juliette Adam) wearing a pink dress and a ribbon reading 'Nouvelle Revue' tied to her tail looks at a portrait of Madame Roland; on the right, a monkey sitting on the floor (Henri Rochefort), a lantern by his side, contemplates a portrait of Marat; behind him, a monkey wearing a bicorn and sitting on a drum (General Farre?) faces a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte; behind him, a monkey carrying a pair of scales (Cazot?) admires a portrait of George Danton
Woodcut and stencil-coloured lithograph (?)