Artist: André Gill [real name Louis-André Gosset] (French, 1840 – 1885).

L’Esclave Ivre [The Drunken Slave] was a  Parisian weekly, published in 1881, 4 issues total. Léon Gambetta (French, 1838 – 1882) stands arm in arm with Marshal Patrice de MacMahon (French, 1808 – 1893). Dead bodies of communards lie in the midground and a landscape is faintly perceived in the background. 1871 is written on the hill on the left.

L’Esclave Ivre, Issue 1. Entre Amis. Text below the image: – Qu’est-ce que je veux, moi? Faire notre affaire. / – Bien sûr! Moi aussi. / – Comme il me comprend cet animal-là, et on ne veut pas que je le gobe!

[In between friends / – What do I want? To make a deal. / – Of course! Me too. / – How well this animal understands me, and we do not want me to swallow him!]