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Cartoon, Broken down, WW1Cartoon, Broken down. A GVC (Gardes-Voies et Communications) soldier speaks to a passenger who is complaining about the delay to his train
Cartoon, The meaning of GVC, WW1Cartoon, The meaning of GVC (Gardes-Voies et Communications). A GVC soldier says that every fifteen minutes a train rushes by and the passengers throw out all their rubbish, including eggshells
Cartoon, Grandpas advice, WW1Cartoon, Grandpas advice. An old soldier thinks there should be a tax on umbrellas. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The trap, WW1Cartoon, The trap. Kaiser Wilhelm and Crown Prince Wilhelm find that their trap labelled Peace has not caught any enemy soldiers, even though it was well prepared. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Marianne with a patriotic plate, WW1Cartoon, Marianne with a patriotic plate, designed to persuade all French people to pay their taxes and help win the war. Date: 1917
Cartoon, New taxes on dogs, WW1Cartoon, New taxes on dogs (to help pay for the ongoing war). Women discuss a man who has replaced his dog with a goldfish in order to avoid paying the tax, and is taking it for a walk. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The Angelus, WW1Cartoon, The Angelus. A woman and her two children stop their work in the fields to pray, thinking of husband and father fighting at the front, as depicted in a cloud
Cartoon, Old and young working on the land, WW1Cartoon, Old and young working on the land. An old man and a young boy working on the land while the able-bodied men are away fighting in the war. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Looking after the land, WW1Cartoon, Looking after the land. A young soldier on leave sits by the fire with his parents. They tell him that he and his fellow-soldiers are guarding the land at the Front
Cartoon, The bastards! They re shooting down there WW1Cartoon, The bastards! They re shooting down there... Perhaps these French soldiers expected an Easter ceasefire. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Gathering laurels, WW1Cartoon, Gathering laurels. An army cook tells a soldier that he also gathers laurels -- not the kind won in battles, but the bay leaves used to flavour food. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Peeling potatoes, WW1Cartoon, Peeling potatoes. Three army cooks discuss methods of peeling potatoes, A machine has been invented to do the peeling, but it involves a lot of manual work and isn t worth the trouble
Cartoon, Dentist and patient, WW1Cartoon, Dentist (or tooth puller) and patient. The dentist says: Now then, we ll extract the twelfth one. Its not that its really bad, but it will give us an even number. Date: 1917
Front cover, La BaionnetteFront cover design, La Baionnette, looking forward to the time when women get the vote. Date: 1919
Cartoon, The Double Monarch, WW1Cartoon, The Double Monarch. Franz Josef, Austrian emperor (1830-1916), asks: When will it be over, then, this war? Date: 1915
Cartoon, Georges Clemenceau post-WW1Cartoon showing the French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) kissing and hugging his people, relieved that the war is over. Date: 1919
Cartoon, The useless trap, WW1Cartoon, The useless trap. Kaiser Wilhelm asks Chancellor Bethmann if he thinks the enemy will recognise his dove, which is really a two-headed eagle with white feathers. Date: 1917
Cartoon, At Erfurt (1808), showing Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander at the time of their peace treaty, together with ladies of the theatre in what looks like a theatrical re-enactment. Date: 1808
Cartoon, A nouveau riche man, WW1Cartoon, a nouveau riche man, who has made his money from the war, tells a showgirl that he arrived in Paris in clogs, and he won t blush to admit it
Cartoon, Methodical training, WW1Cartoon, Methodical training. A French soldier on the Western Front has been given a dog as a mascot. He is gradually training him by giving him less meat each day
Cartoon, The speech is in the cannon, WW1Cartoon, The speech is in the cannon. A comment on the frequent speeches of Charles Humbert, owner of Le Journal newspaper, calling for more munitions. Date: 1917
Cartoon, A delivery mistake, WW1Cartoon, a delivery mistake. A wooden crate supposedly containing 150 shells for the Western Front is found to contain a large, fashionable hat. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The vision, WW1Cartoon, The vision. Kaiser Wilhelm sits looking at a map of Europe, with the figure of a Roman emperor hovering behind him. He realises that one moment of genius is worth more than 44 years of work
Cartoon, No need to worry, WW1Cartoon, No need to worry, showing various complacent people, soldiers and civilians, thinking that war isn t such a bad thing, as they themselves are doing all right. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The imperial eagle, WW1Cartoon, The imperial eagle. He will return to his eyrie devoid of feathers, never to return. A comment on a German retreat during the First World War. Date: 1916
Cartoon, On the eve of repatriation, WW1Cartoon, On the eve of repatriation. A German patient in a French hospital asks an orderly if he will be ok with his reconstructed chin containing silver
Cartoon, Concerning sugar, WW1Cartoon, Concerning sugar. Two French women discuss how little sugar they are using during the sugar crisis, but it still sounds like quite a lot! Date: 1916
Cartoon, The paper crisis, WW1Cartoon, The paper crisis. A French officer on horseback asks a civilian why he has no papers (identity documents). The civilian replies that the newspapers are short of paper too! Date: 1916
Cartoon, Trader and French soldier, WW1Cartoon, a trader claims to sell everything in his shop. A French soldier says: What if I offered to buy your wifes heart? The trader replies: That would be five sous
Cartoon, The sugar crisis, WW1Cartoon, The sugar crisis. A diabetic man wonders why all the dogs are following him. A comment on a new wartime rule not to give sugar to dogs. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Fighting zone, WW1Cartoon, Fighting zone. Two French soldiers have just bought food and drink from a trader. The trader is amazed that they keep buying cheap wine from him at an inflated price
Cartoon, The godmother, WW1Cartoon, The godmother. A pretty young woman decides to be godmother to a large African soldier -- she tells her friend that black is much more distinguished. Date: 1916
Cartoon, A failure, WW1Cartoon, A failure. Two French soldiers coming out of a cafe remark that a shell has fallen in the middle of the street, avoiding all the African soldiers fighting with the German army
Cartoon, His final costume, WW1Cartoon, His final costume, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in civilian clothing rather than military uniform -- a black suit and top hat
Cartoon, Enfer-Pacha, WW1Cartoon, Enfer-Pacha (a pun on Enver Pasha -- Enfer meaning Hell). Ismail Enver Pasha (1881-1922), leader of the Ottoman Empire and member of the Central Powers during the First World War. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Their munitions factories, WW1Cartoon, Their munitions factories. An Italian soldier carries a large bowl of shells, made to look like large macaroni. Date: 1916
Cartoon, On the Isonzo, WW1Cartoon, On the Isonzo (a river on the eastern Italian Front). Showing an Italian carabiniere holding the imperial eagle upside down -- it will make a nice starter for his wolfs dinner
Cartoon, Art in 1916, WW1Cartoon, Art in 1916. A sitter comments to her artist that his latest portrait doesn t look at all like her. He replies that the war is to blame! Date: 1916
Cartoon, The right way, WW1Cartoon, The right way. An old soldier chats to other old soldiers in the square of a French town. They are all too old to enlist in the war
Cartoon, Round figures, WW1Cartoon, Round figures. A French gendarme officiously challenges a civilian man about his age. The document says 47, but he is sure the man looks nearer 50. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Let them pass, WW1Cartoon, Let them pass. Two French gendarmes in army uniform decide that these two ladies can be allowed through -- they can t possibly be German, as they are pretty and have delicate little feet
Cartoon, Delivering a letter, WW1Cartoon, showing a French gendarme rather officiously delivering a letter to a colonel, feeling rather self-important to be part of the war effort. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Zimmerwald pacifism, WW1Cartoon, Zimmerwald pacifism. A man representing the Zimmerwald peace movement offers an olive branch to some French soldiers
Cartoon, Russian army on battlefield, WW1Cartoon, Russian army charging across a battlefield. A Russian man tells a French man that they will soon put paid to the German enemy. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Its all about understanding each other, WW1Cartoon, Its all about understanding each other. A haughty young German soldier and a meek old Frenchman stand together in a room, giving little sense of equality or negotiation. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The new Fraulein, WW1Cartoon, The new Fraulein. An elderly French man asks his two granddaughters what they think of the new Fraulein (presumably their governess)
Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, WW1Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, showing the German Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, replacing the German eagle with a duck (canard, an idiom for a hoax or rumour). Date: 1916
Cartoon, A false rumour, WW1Cartoon, A false rumour from the Western Front. Four market women talk about cannibalism among the troops. Date: 1916
