Ensemble de jeux de papier dreyfusards et anti-dreyfusards

Collection of Anti-Dreyfusards and Dreyfusards paper games

[ca 1898] | various formats
Collection of four original documents published at the end of the 19th century, when the Dreyfus Affair was in full swing:
– Game of the Dreyfus goose, in colour and bearing the title «L'Affaire Dreyfus et de la Vérité» «The Dreyfus Affair and the Truth,» Seal printed by E. Charaire in 1898 (64.7 x 47.8 cm). It was a bonus offered with the Aurore newspaper.
– Game of the anti-Dreyfus goose lithographed in colour and entitled «Jeu des 36 têtes» «Game of 36 heads» printed by L'Anti-Juif, antisemitic weekly magazine by Jules Guérin (no date [12 February 1899], 61.2 x 43 cm).
– An anti-Dreyfus caricature with a system printed on cardboard entitled «Zola dans la mé...lasse !» by P. Dous Y'Nell, published by Léon Hayard (no date [1898], 12 x 17.4 cm). A brad fastener is used to activate the arm mechanism of a Soldier, wearing trousers and a red cap, plunging the writer into a barrel bearing the word «vidange» («draining»).
– Colour illustrated poster entitled «Histoire d'un traître» printed by Libre parole (42.1 x 54 cm).
Skillfull repairs.
hese extremely fragile ephemeral paper games were distributed to influ
ence public opinion. Using the iconographic codes of popular mediums (game of the goose, articulated puppet or comic strip) these pamphlet caricatures contributed to the social and political divide in France. Rapidly released for the written press – at the same time as the famous «J'accuse!» by Emile Zola in L'Aurore – they had a strong influence on public opinion. hese seemingly playful propaganda documents had a significant impact on the young generations and heralded the ideological violence of the 20th century.