Scandal Collection (#3)

The Dreyfusian Press (litho)
3646223 The Dreyfusian Press (litho) by Caran d Ache (Emmanuel Poire) (1858-1909) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dreyfusian Press. French political cartoon on the Dreyfus Affair)

A Difficult Crossing (colour litho)
3646241 A Difficult Crossing (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Difficult Crossing)

The libel trial of Jules Reinach (colour litho)
2818994 The libel trial of Jules Reinach (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The libel trial of Jules Reinach. Madame Henry leaving the court)

The Emile Zola libel case - The Council of the Order of the Legion d Honneur (litho)
2818869 The Emile Zola libel case - The Council of the Order of the Legion d Honneur (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Major Esterhazy before the military court (colour litho)
2818829 Major Esterhazy before the military court (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Major Esterhazy before the military court)

Alphonse Bertillon testifying before the second court martial of Alfred Dreyfus in Rennes (colour litho)
2819083 Alphonse Bertillon testifying before the second court martial of Alfred Dreyfus in Rennes (colour litho) by French School

The libel trial of Emile Zola (litho)
2818842 The libel trial of Emile Zola (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The libel trial of Emile Zola. Portraits of the principal witnesses)

Arrest of Lieutenant-Colonel Picquart (colour litho)
2818833 Arrest of Lieutenant-Colonel Picquart (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arrest of Lieutenant-Colonel Picquart)

Godefroy Cavaignac, French Minister of War (litho)
2818911 Godefroy Cavaignac, French Minister of War (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Godefroy Cavaignac, French Minister of War)

Incident between Major Esterhazy and the former Colonel Picquart (colour litho)
2818900 Incident between Major Esterhazy and the former Colonel Picquart (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Emile Zola libel trial (colour litho)
2818910 The Emile Zola libel trial (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Emile Zola libel trial. The bailiff delivering notice of theverdict)

Alfred Dreyfus brought before his second court martial in Rennes (colour litho)
2819074 Alfred Dreyfus brought before his second court martial in Rennes (colour litho) by Tofani, Oswaldo (1849-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Emile Zola libel case - the Court of Cassation (colour litho)
2818864 The Emile Zola libel case - the Court of Cassation (colour litho) by Meaulle, Fortune Louis (1844-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Emile Zola libel case - the Court of Cassation)

The libel trial of Emile Zola (colour litho)
2818841 The libel trial of Emile Zola (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The libel trial of Emile Zola)

Ovation for Major Esterhazy after his acquittal (litho)
2818827 Ovation for Major Esterhazy after his acquittal (litho) by Meaulle, Fortune Louis (1844-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ovation for Major Esterhazy after his acquittal)

Degradation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus at the Ecole Militaire, Paris (engraving)
2789318 Degradation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus at the Ecole Militaire, Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The degradation of Alfred Dreyfus (colour litho)
2818597 The degradation of Alfred Dreyfus (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The degradation of Alfred Dreyfus. Le traitre)

Alfred Dreyfus in his prison cell (colour litho)
2818601 Alfred Dreyfus in his prison cell (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alfred Dreyfus in his prison cell. Alfred Dreyfus dans sa prison)

The degradation of Alfred Dreyfus (colour litho)
2818598 The degradation of Alfred Dreyfus (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The degradation of Alfred Dreyfus. Le traitre)

Alfred Dreyfus in prison at Saint-Martin-de-Re, France (engraving)
2789335 Alfred Dreyfus in prison at Saint-Martin-de-Re, France (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alfred Dreyfus in prison at Saint-Martin-de-Re, France)

The Dreyfus Affair: the military prison at Rennes (colour litho)
2819058 The Dreyfus Affair: the military prison at Rennes (colour litho) by Tofani, Oswaldo (1849-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dreyfus Affair)

Alfred Dreyfus in his prison cell (colour litho)
2818600 Alfred Dreyfus in his prison cell (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alfred Dreyfus in his prison cell. Alfred Dreyfus dans sa prison)

Fashionable Jockeyship, published by Hannah Humphrey, 1796 (coloured engraving)
NCO189709 Fashionable Jockeyship, published by Hannah Humphrey, 1796 (coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

The widow Morin and her daughter Angelique Delaporte at the Conciergerie and punished with being shackled in public for
XIR391120 The widow Morin and her daughter Angelique Delaporte at the Conciergerie and punished with being shackled in public for the crime of extortion with violence of signatures, 1812 (pen)

Postcard depicting Noble Zola, Warrior for Truth and Justice with annotations (colour litho with pen & ink and w / c)
CHT170170 Postcard depicting Noble Zola, Warrior for Truth and Justice with annotations (colour litho with pen & ink and w/c) by German School; Private Collection; (add.info)

Reconstruction of the death of Gabriel Syveton, cover illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8 January
XIR415785 Reconstruction of the death of Gabriel Syveton, cover illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8 January. 1905 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Musee de La Presse, Paris

Madame de Merteuil seducing Cecile Volange, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
CHT239749 Madame de Merteuil seducing Cecile Volange, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803) engraved by Romain Girard (b.c.1751) 1782 (engraving)

The Story of a Traitor, anti-Dreyfusard cartoon and song sheet (coloured engraving)
CHT173039 The Story of a Traitor, anti-Dreyfusard cartoon and song sheet (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Postcard caricatures of Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935) and Edouard Drumont (1814-1917), late 19th century (colour litho)
CHT224110 Postcard caricatures of Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935) and Edouard Drumont (1814-1917), late 19th century (colour litho) by French School

Valmont and Emilie, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803)
XIR239751 Valmont and Emilie, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803) engraved by Romain Girard (b.c.1751) 1782 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Lafrensen

Valmont seducing Madame de Tourvel, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803)
XIR239750 Valmont seducing Madame de Tourvel, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803) engraved by Romain Girard (b.c.1751) 1782 (engraving) (b/w photo)

Dreyfus est un traitre, poster with the portraits of his detractors, late 19th century (litho) (b / w photo)
CHT242819 Dreyfus est un traitre, poster with the portraits of his detractors, late 19th century (litho) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris

The Dreyfus Affair, Illustration for Le Petit Journal, 2 January 1898 (lithograph)
2818819 The Dreyfus Affair, Illustration for Le Petit Journal, 2 January 1898 (lithograph) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dreyfus Affair)

The requisitoire against the writer Emile Zola, (Dreyfus Affair), 6 March 1898 (lithograph)
2818845 The requisitoire against the writer Emile Zola, (Dreyfus Affair), 6 March 1898 (lithograph) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99); Private Collection; (add.info.: The libel trial of Emile Zola)

Love under the Fountain, illustration for Fetes Galantes by Paul Verlaine (1844-96) 1928 (pochoir print)
STC226924 Love under the Fountain, illustration for Fetes Galantes by Paul Verlaine (1844-96) 1928 (pochoir print) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932) (after); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Elvira in David Mallets Elvira
6337901 Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Elvira in David Mallets Elvira by Thornthwaite, J. (18th century); (add.info)

Portrait of Anne Carnegie, Countess of Southesk, wife to James Carnegie, formerly Lady Anne Hamilton
6340236 Portrait of Anne Carnegie, Countess of Southesk, wife to James Carnegie, formerly Lady Anne Hamilton, notorious for her affair with the Duke of York, c by Holl, B

Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Almeyda in John Drydens Don Sebastien, Covent Garden Theatre, 1774
6337905 Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Almeyda in John Drydens Don Sebastien, Covent Garden Theatre, 1774 by Roberts

Illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803) published 1920s (pochoir print)
STC226918 Illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803) published 1920s (pochoir print) by Barbier

Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Imoinda in Thomas Southernes Oroonoko
6337898 Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Imoinda in Thomas Southernes Oroonoko by Thornthwaite, J. (18th century); (add.info)

Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Mary Queen of Scots in John Banks The Albion Queen, Covent Garden Theatre
6337915 Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Mary Queen of Scots in John Banks The Albion Queen, Covent Garden Theatre, 1779 by Thornthwaite, J

Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Jane Shore in Nicholas Rowes Jane Shore, Covent Garden Theatre, 1772
6337911 Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Jane Shore in Nicholas Rowes Jane Shore, Covent Garden Theatre, 1772 by Thornthwaite, J

Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Lady Jane Grey in John Banks Lady Jane Grey, Covent Garden Theatre, 1773
6337908 Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Lady Jane Grey in John Banks Lady Jane Grey, Covent Garden Theatre, 1773 by Thornthwaite, J

Sir Henry Norris picks up Anne Boleyns handkerchief, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c
STC373612 Sir Henry Norris picks up Anne Boleyns handkerchief, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 (litho) by Stewart

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