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World War I French Newspaper Political Cartoons

L'Echo de Paris

Le Gaulois

1915-1918

3 flat boxes (3.7554 cu. ft., approximately 88 leaves per box).

A series of political cartoons from two French newspapers, L’ Echo de Paris and Le Gaulois. The drawings reflect the First World War from a French perspective between 1915-1918.

Discretionary Warning: The following cartoons may contain disturbing imagery:
October 16, 1915: Title: Jeu de Massacre
October 26, 1915: Title: Miss Edith Cavell
October 27, 1915: Title: L’Assassinat de Miss Edith Cavell
January 1, 1916: Title: L’Année 1915
January 4, 1916: Title: Le Kaiser a été Opéré
April 1, 1916: Title: La Grande Allemagne
June 6, 1916: Title: L’Ecole du Crime
June 20, 1916: Title: Les Bandits de La Mer
August 8, 1916: Title: Il Leur Faut des Victoires

Artists include:

• Jules Abel Faivre (b. 1867, Lyon)
• Louis Abel-Truchet  (b. 1857)
• Benjamin Rabier (b. 1864)
• Charles Lucien Léandre (b. 1862, Champsecret)
• Pol Rab (Raymond Henri Abraham, b. 1898, Paris)

Newspapers: 

L’Echo de Paris was a daily newspaper printed in Paris, France from 1884-1944. The paper’s editorial stance was initially conservative and nationalistic, but it later became close to the French Social Party. Its writers included Octave Mirbeau, Henri de Ke’rillis, George Clemenceau, Henry Bordeaux, Francois Mitterrand, Jérome Tharaud, and Jean Tharaud. Its editors included Franc-Nohain. Abel Faivre provided illustrations for the publication. The paper merged with Le Jour in 1933 and changed its name to Jour-Echo de Paris.

SOURCE: Wikipedia, En.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27 Echo_de_Paris

Le Gaulois was a French daily newspaper founded in 1868 by Edmond Tarbé and Henry de Péne. After a printing stoppage, it was revived by Arthur Meyer in 1882 with notable collaborators Paul Bourget, Alfred Grévin, Abel Hermant, and Ernest Daudet. Among its many contributing editors was Guy de Maupassant.

The paper was taken over by Le Figaro in 1929.

SOURCE: Wikipedia, En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Gaulois

Paper:
The political cartoons were mounted on art paper supplied by the company Tochon-Le Page, suppliers of materials for painters and draftsmen (canvases, panels, stretchers, boards, papers, frames, etc.). The company was active in Paris and France from the 18^th century to the 1960s.

SOURCE: Pascal Labreuche Guide, 2014.

Inventory

Series One – Political Cartoons
Box #1

World War I French political cartoons. January 18, 1915, to December 28, 1915

Box #2

World War I French political cartoons. January 1, 1916, to November 6, 1916

Box #3

World War I French political cartoons. November 11, 1916, to October 5, 1918

MU catalog: World War I French Newspaper Political Cartoons
OCLC/WorldCat Number: 1576159877

World War, 1914-1918 > Caricatures and cartoons.
World War, 1914-1918 > France > Caricatures and cartoons.
France > History > 1914-1940 > Caricatures and cartoons.

The material was donated to Special Collections and Rare Books by The Stafford Library, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri on February 20, 2026.

Materials do not circulate but are available to users in the Special Collections Reading Room during service hours or by appointment.

Kit

French