AN EFFECT OF THE DROUGHT - Lot 283

AN EFFECT OF THE DROUGHT LE PETIT (Alfred). An effect of the drought. Plate from the *Actualités* series, No. 5. Caricature of a Prussian soldier struck by French fire, with a caption in Germanized French: “Doner-Teufel!!!! It seems the French are terribly short on water. The brown ones are completely parched. ” Black lithograph. Paris, F. Wentzel, Printer and Publisher, 65 Rue Saint-Jacques. Signed on the plate: A. Le Petit. Flecks of rust and marginal discoloration.

Estimate:$67.27

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