Cartoon, Harpagon's sacrifice, WW1

Cartoon, Harpagon's sacrifice. Harpagon (the Miser in Moliere's play L'Avare) readily hands his gold coins (Louis and Napoleons) to Marianne (the French state) so that ammunition can be made out of them to defeat the enemy. A comment on wartime taxation

Picture No

10988094

Media ID

47640088

Size

6680px x 4220px (13.4MB)

Credit

Mary Evans Picture Library

Source

Cartoon by Willette in La Baionnette, 18 May 1916, pp312-3

Date

1916

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Allegorical Ammunition Baionnette Breasts Cellar Coin Coins Heroic Marianne Miser Moliere Napoleons Payment Purpose Riches Rouge Sacrifice Symbolism Taxation Taxes Wealth

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