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The Revision of the Dreyfus trial.
Ordre des avocats de Paris . Collection of Engravings : The Dreyfus Affair. 1899. Etching, 27,5x41,4cm.The artist, who wanted to give a global view of the trial, made some choices.In this sketch, Renouard has focused on the journalists or court reporters who are seen from behind on the left, with the standing figure of Dreyfus in the mid-ground. On the right, the public: the woman in the foreground is probably the widow of Colonel Henry, who died after confessing that he was responsible for producing a fake document against Dreyfus.A drawing, even factual, in never entirely neutral….
© Ordre des avocats de Paris
