French WW1 Comic & Propaganda

Most, if not all, of these French cartoon postcards appear to date from the WW1 period and many are produced by the same publisher - but beyond that their origins are largely unknown to me at this time.

Sub-albums

Postcards

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  • PC_FrWWI_0038
  • PC_FrWWI_0111
  • PC_FrWWI_0039
  • PC_FrWWI_0005
  • PC_FrWWI_0006 (PC_Godreuil_GaV-X29)
  • PC_FrWWI_0015
  • PC_FrWWI_0145
  • PC_FrWWI_0041
  • PC_FrWWI_0042
  • PC_FrWWI_0007
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  • PC_FrWWI_0083
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  • PC_FrWWI_0036
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  • PC_FrWWI_0081
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  • PC_FrWWI_0146
  • PC_FrWWI_0165-HDB1
  • PC_FrWWI_0165-HDB27
  • PC_FrWWI_0165-HDB85
  • PC_FrWWI_0165-HDB87
  • PC_FrWWI_0165-HDB88
  • PC_FrWWI_0017
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  • PC_FrWWI_0082
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  • PC_FrWWI_0100
  • PC_FrWWI_0013
  • PC_FrWWI_Cass01
  • PC_FrWWI_0058 (PC_Petiet_Gaby14)
  • PC_FrWWI_0032
  • PC_FrWWI_0019
  • PC_FrWWI_0033
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  • PC_FrWWI_0048
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  • PC_FrWWI_0053
  • PC_FrWWI_0064
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  • PC_FrWWI_0054
  • PC_FrWWI_0063
  • PC_FrWWI_0123
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  • PC_FrWWI_0056
  • PC_FrWWI_0057
  • PC_FrWWI_0119
  • PC_FrWWI_0120
  • PC_FrWWI_0141
  • PC_FrWWI_0014
  • PC_FrWWI_0046
  • PC_FrWWI_0158
  • PC_FrWWI_0012
  • PC_Prop0004
  • PC_FrWWI_0011
  • PC_FrWWI_0047
  • PC_FrWWI_0021
  • PC_FrWWI_0009
  • PC_FrWWI_0124
  • PC_FrWWI_0167
  • PC_FrWWI_0169
  • PC_FrWWI_0010
  • PC_FrWWI_0125Presumably a reference to The Battle of Liège (August 1914). The Battle of Liège was the opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium and the first battle of the First World War. The attack on Liège, a town protected by the fortified position of Liège, a ring fortress built from the late 1880s to the early 1890s, began on 5 August 1914 and lasted until 16 August, when the last fort surrendered. The siege of Liège may have delayed the German invasion of France by four to five days. For a British perspective see PC_PunchWWI_0009 .
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  • PC_FrWWI_0026
  • PC_FrWWI_0027
  • PC_FrWWI_0028
  • PC_FrWWI_0030
  • PC_FrWWI_0016
  • PC_FrWWI_0031
  • PC_Prop0008
  • PC_FrWWI_0029aRead in reverse : “Merde pour le Roi de Prusse"
  • PC_FrWWI_0029bRead in reverse : “Merde pour le Roi de Prusse"
  • PC_FrWWI_0029cRead in reverse : “Merde pour le Roi de Prusse"
  • PC_FrWWI_0040
  • PC_FrWWI_0074
  • PC_FrWWI_0108
  • PC_FrWWI_0076
  • PC_FrWWI_0102
  • PC_FrWWI_0077
  • PC_Prop0016
  • PC_FrWWI_0067
  • PC_FrWWI_0105Inverted this image looks like this ->
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  • PC_FrWWI_0073
  • PC_FrWWI_0117
  • PC_FrWWI_0128
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  • PC_FrWWI_0138
  • PC_FrWWI_0179
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  • PC_FrWWI-Weal
  • PC_FrWWI_0164
  • PC_FrWWI_0122
  • PC_FrWWI_0126
  • PC_FrWWI_0144
  • PC_FrWWI_0114
  • PC_FrWWI_deBussy01One of a series of postcards showing satirical cartoons apparently by Charles de Bussy (1875 – 1938), pen name of Charles Gustave Joseph Le Clerc de Bussy de Vauchelles, a French writer, poet, playwright, humorist and satirical cartoonist.
  • PC_FrWWI_deBussy02One of a series of postcards showing satirical cartoons apparently by Charles de Bussy (1875 – 1938), pen name of Charles Gustave Joseph Le Clerc de Bussy de Vauchelles, a French writer, poet, playwright, humorist and satirical cartoonist.
  • PC_FrWWI_deBussy03One of a series of postcards showing satirical cartoons apparently by Charles de Bussy (1875 – 1938), pen name of Charles Gustave Joseph Le Clerc de Bussy de Vauchelles, a French writer, poet, playwright, humorist and satirical cartoonist.
  • PC_FrWWI_deBussy04One of a series of postcards showing satirical cartoons apparently by Charles de Bussy (1875 – 1938), pen name of Charles Gustave Joseph Le Clerc de Bussy de Vauchelles, a French writer, poet, playwright, humorist and satirical cartoonist.
  • PC_FrWWI_CV01
  • PC_FrWWI_0175-Fantasy
  • PC_WWI-Auteurs
  • PC_FrWWI_0181
  • PC_FrWWI_0148
  • PC_FrWWI_0078
  • PC_FrWWI_0079Postcard published to raise funds for the “Journée du Poilu” 1915.
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  • PC_FrWWI_0182
  • PC_FrWWI_0127
  • PC_FrWWI_0133Early French political cartoon/caricature postcard Pub: J Maseri, Lausanne “On les aura” - "We’ll get 'em" The image appears to show the Allies attempting to capture Kaiser Wilhelm and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, in Holland in 1918/19 following the conclusion of the Treaty of Versailles. The people shown - numbers added to version on the right - are, I think : (1) Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (2) Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany (3) US President Woodrow Wilson (4) ? Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (5) UK Prime Minister David Lloyd-George (6) ?? (7) French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau
  • PC_FrWWI_0131Early French political cartoon/caricature postcard depicting President of France, Émile Loubet, as a charmer of birds. Émile François Loubet (1838-1929) was President of France from 1899 to 1906. According to his obituary in the New York Times in December 1929, he was known as a “conciliator" and an "apostle of peace.” The “birds” in the cartoon appear to be (clockwise from top left) : (1) King Alfonso XIII of Spain (2) King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (3) Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany (4) Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (5) King Edward VII (6) Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (7) US President Theodore Roosevelt (8) King Carlos I of Portugal (9) King Leopold II of Belgium I cannot identify the “birds" on the tree above Kaiser Wilhelm - one with a képi, the other in black face.
  • PC_FrWWI_0140-aEarly French political cartoon/caricature postcard depicting President of France Maurice de MacMahon Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, marquis de MacMahon, duc de Magenta (1808-1893), was a French general and politician who served as President of France from 1873 to 1879. The reference appears to be to events in May 1871 when, as head of the army of the French Third Republic, under President Adolphe Thiers, MacMahon led the Semaine Sanglante, the bloody week-long military campaign which defeated the Paris Commune and placed the city under the authority of the Third Republic.
  • PC_FrWWI_0140-bEarly French political cartoon/caricature postcard depicting President of France Jules Grévy François Judith Paul Grévy (1807- 1891), known as Jules Grévy, was a French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887. The reference appears to be to events in December 1887, when Grévy was compelled to resign due to a political scandal that started after his son-in-law, Daniel Wilson, was found to be selling awards of the Legion of Honour.
  • PC_FrWWI_0140-cEarly French political cartoon/caricature postcard depicting President of France Jean Casimir-Perier Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier (1847-1907) was a French politician who served as President of France from June 1894 to January 1895. The reference may be to Casimir-Perier’s refusal to vote for the “expulsion of the princes” in 1883. On 24 June 1894, after the assassination of President Carnot, he was elected as President of the Republic, but his presidency lasted only six months. The resignation of the Dupuy ministry on 14 January 1895 was followed the next day by that of the President. Casimir-Perier explained his action by the fact that he found himself ignored by the ministers, who did not consult him before taking decisions, and did not keep him informed upon political events, especially in foreign affairs.
  • PC_FrWWI_0140-dEarly French political cartoon/caricature postcard depicting President of France Félix Faure Félix François Faure (1841-1899) was President of France from 1895 until his death in 1899. The cartoon appears to make reference to various aspect of Faure’s political career. He was under-secretary for the colonies in Ferry's ministry in November 1882, a post he retained until 1885, during which period he maintained friendly relations with the minister of the navy and was able to obtain a significant degree of initiative. He was also minister of marine in the administration of Charles Dupuy, a cabinet rank he obtained in 1894. In the following January, he was unexpectedly elected President of the Republic upon the resignation of President Casimir-Perier. The principal cause of his elevation was the determination of the various sections of the moderate republican party to exclude Henri Brisson. In 1895 he granted amnesty to the anarchist movements, enabling the return from exile in England of several famous anarchists, such as Émile Pouget.
  • PC_FrWWI_0140-eEarly French political cartoon/caricature postcard depicting President of France Émile Loubet carrying a panama hat. Émile François Loubet (1838-1929) was President of France from 1899 to 1906. The reference here is apparently to his earlier tenure as premier and minister of the interior, which began in February 1892 and ended in November of that year as a result of the financial scandal following the collapse of the French Panama canal company, the Campagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique, though for a short time he continued to serve as minister of the interior under his successor, Alexandre Ribot.
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  • PC_FrWWI_0154
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  • PC_FrWWI_0170
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  • PC_FrWWI_0151
  • PC_FrWWI_0156 (1)
  • PC_FrWWI_0157 (1)
  • PC_FrWWI_Verdun
  • PC_FrWWI_Infanterie
  • PC_FrWWI_Bat-Champagne
  • PC_FrWWI_FdeTroyon
  • PC_FrWWI_Luneville
  • PC_FrWWI_Vill-improv
  • PC_FrWWI_Aisne
  • PC_FrWWI_Maroeuil
  • PC_FrWWI_PdeC
  • PC_FrWWI_0153
  • PC_FrWWI_0155 (MusLux) (1)
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  • PC_FrWWI_0177-Héros
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  • PC_FrWWI_0135Used, but unfranked postcard published by the Chambre Syndicale Française des Edit's de la Carte Postale Illustrée. The Flags of the Allies - France, GB, Belgium, Russia, Netherlands and Japan.
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  • PC_FrWWI_0147
  • PC_FrWWI-Cuxhaven
  • PC_FrWWI_0160Unused postcard depicting the Battle of the Frontiers of France The Battle oif the Frontiers of France in 1914 ended in Allied defeats all along the line. This enabled the German armies to enter France on the centre and the right of the line from Verdun West to Amiens.
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  • PC_FrWWI_0068
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  • PC_FrWWI_0134Unused postcard published in aid of “Asiles des Soldats Invalides Belge” (PC_FrWWI_0134) “La Vielle Chanson” by James Thiriar. James Thiriar (1889-1965) was a Belgian artist from Brussels. He fought as member of the 'Garde Civique' (civil guard) and was wounded during the early days of WW1. He later escaped to London and joined the regular Belgian army. The Illustrated London News and other periodicals published his drawings. A series of his watercolors depicting life on the Yser and behind the front lines was used as heading for writing paper that was sold to raise money for wounded Belgian soldiers and convalescent homes. Like most Belgian war-time artists, he was not particularly interested in depicting military scenes involving battle or combat. Instead he preferred to illustrate the everyday life of soldiers behind the front.
  • PC_FrWWI_0136Unused postcard published in aid of “Asiles des Soldats Invalides Belge” (PC_FrWWI_0136) “L’Arrivée au Cantonnement” by James Thiriar. James Thiriar (1889-1965) was a Belgian artist from Brussels. He fought as member of the 'Garde Civique' (civil guard) and was wounded during the early days of WW1. He later escaped to London and joined the regular Belgian army. The Illustrated London News and other periodicals published his drawings. A series of his watercolors depicting life on the Yser and behind the front lines was used as heading for writing paper that was sold to raise money for wounded Belgian soldiers and convalescent homes. Like most Belgian war-time artists, he was not particularly interested in depicting military scenes involving battle or combat. Instead he preferred to illustrate the everyday life of soldiers behind the front.
  • PC_FrWWI_0155 (1)Unused postcard published in support of French fund-raising for the war effort (PC_FrWWI_0155x (1))
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  • PC_FrWWI_0139Unused postcard published in aid of “Asiles des Soldats Invalides Belge” (PC_FrWWI_0139 see also PC_WWI_BelgianWarFund)) “Heros" by Belgian artist, Maurice Wagemans (1877-1927)
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  • PC_FrWWI_0107The thought (pensée) of the allies in the form of a pansy (pensée) Images (clockwise from bottom left) : Albert I, King of the Belgians (1909-1934); King George V; Raymond Poincaré, President of France (1913-1920); and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1894-1917).
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