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NYREP E. Last visit. Pistol n°12. Albanel. H....

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NYREP E. Last visit. Pistol n°12. Albanel. H. Berstein. Acquittal. Circa 1914. Lithographic poster. Editimage Paris. Not canvas-backed, rather good condition: marked paper, small tears and missing edges, fresh and vivid colors. 158 x 58 cm This satirical poster is about Henriette Caillaux, wife of Joseph Caillaux, Minister of Finance in the Doumergue government. She is known for having murdered the journalist Gaston Calmette, director of the daily newspaper Le Figaro, on March 16, 1914, and was acquitted by the court.