Caricature of Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846-1904) as a monkey performing tricks on a high wire. Waldeck-Rousseau was appointed by President Émile Loubet to head a cabinet in 1899 at the height of the Dreyfus Affair. He served as Prime Minister of France from 1899 to 1902 and eventually granted Dreyfus a pardon and general amnesty. Hand colored.
Caricatures from Musée des Horreurs and Musée des Patriotes depicting the anti-Semitic sentiment in France during the Dreyfus Affair, published between 1899 and 1900.