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The First Dreyfus Trial.

Ordre des avocats de Paris . L’Illustration. 22 décembre 1894. 22x32,5cm.
In 1894, the Dreyfus affair was only just beginning. This sketch introduced the public to the case. The accused stands in the foreground with his lawyer sitting behind. He answers the presiding judge of the council of war, who, with his assistant judges, sits in front of a huge Crucifixion, which featured in all courtrooms before the separation of the Church and the State in France. The army and religion are the dominating symbols in this solemn scene..

© Ordre des avocats de Paris

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