Cultura Francesa! [French Culture!]

whole: the image is positioned in the centre left, upper centre and centre, held within a narrow black border. The title is separate and positioned along the top edge, in red held within a dark blue area. The text is partially integrated and positioned across the majority, in black and in red. All set against a white background. image: a caricature of the French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, standing in a trench. He holds a dagger in his left hand and uses a handkerchief to wipe blood off the blade. text: CULTURA FRANCESA!! No 170. - 16 Février 1918. France et colonies Etranger Trois mois..... 3.50 4.50 Six mois...... 6.50 8.50 Un an......... 12 ' 16 ' Les abonnements partent du 1er de chaque mois Le Rire ROUGE ÉDITION DE GUERRE DU JOURNAL 'LE RIRE', PARAISSANT LE SAMEDI 25 centimès F. JUVEN, éditeur 1, rue de Choiseul PARIS TÉLEPHONE: CENTRAL 06.46 Toute demande de changement d'adresse doit être accompagnee de 50 centimes pour frais divers. Copyright 1918, by LE RIRE, PARIS UN POILU DE L'ARRIÉRE BOYAU DES DÉFAITISTES Léandre. 1918 CLEMENCEAU, NETTOYEUR DE TRANCHÉES Dessin de C. LÉANDRE. La barbarie de los 'nettoyeurs' Salvajes procedimientos de los soldados franceses [large body of text follows, detailing alleged atrocities by French soldiers] [French Culture!! No 170. - 16 February 1918. France and colonies. Abroad. Three months – 3.50 – 4.50. Six months – 6.50 – 8.501 year – 12 '– 16 '. Subscriptions start from the 1st of each month. Le Rire Rouge. Wartime edition of Le Rire newspaper, published on Saturdays. 25 centimes. F. Juven, editor. 1, rue de Choiseul Paris. Telephone: Central 06.46. All requests for a change of address must be accompanied by 50 centimes for sundry costs. Copyright 1918, by Le Rire, Paris. A soldier on the home front. The guts of defeatists. Clemenceau, cleaner of the trenches. Drawing by C. Léandre. The barbarism of the 'cleaners'. The barbaric deeds of French soldiers [large body of text follows]]

An additional text version was also produced (see PST 6959).

'Le Rire' (literally 'The Laugh') was a French humorous journal founded by Felix Juven in Paris in 1894. Light-hearted and often bawdy in its satirising of political and social issues, it perfectly captured the spirit of la belle epoque. The journal was also highly regarded for its pictorial qualities with each edition featuring lavish, full-colour illustrations on its covers and centre spread. Many notable artists working in fin-de-siècle Paris contributed work to pages of 'Le Rire'. The most famous of these was Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec, who produced several coloured and monochrome drawings during its early publication. Théophile Steinlen also provided illustrations and the Italian-born designer, Leonetto Cappiello, earned early recognition and his first poster commission through his work for the journal.

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