Cartoon about the denouement of the Dreyfus affair, Political picture about the Dreyfus affair (series title), The revelations of 'Figaro' (title on object), The print probably refers to the confusing reporting of the French newspaper the Figaro about the Dreyfus case. The Jewish-French officer Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935) was accused of espionage for the German Empire in 1894 and wrongly convicted. As early as 1896 it was known that Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847-1923) was the real perpetrator. Here it is presented by a woman with a torch and a representative of the newspaper. Until then

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