"Le Songe d'une Nuit d'Hiver" / A Midsummer Night's Dream. First World War French postcard with 5 cartoon panels. The images show a Poilu or French soldier sleeping in a damp trench with his comrades. He begins to dream of a beautiful woman, perfumed, who starts to caress him. Finally he awakes in horror as a rat runs across his bedding

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Size: 2217px × 3534px
Photo credit: © SocialHistoryImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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