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Lefman, active 1873.

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  • A French politician as a quack doctor wearing a feathered head-dress, holding a tooth and staff in the air and exclaiming to an audience that it is better to extract than to cure. Colour wood engraving (?) by Lefman after A. Gill, 1873.

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    A sick, emaciated man visiting a physician and pulling on the bell-rope at his front door; representing France as a sick person seeking a sound constitution. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1873.

    Gill, André, 1840-1885. | Date: 21 Décembre 1873 | Reference: 657985i
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    A French politician as a quack doctor wearing a feathered head-dress, holding a tooth and staff in the air and exclaiming to an audience that it is better to extract than to cure. Colour wood engraving (?) by Lefman after A. Gill, 1873.

    Gill, André, 1840-1885. | Date: Dimanche 14 Decembre 1873 | Reference: 16753i
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    Adolphe Thiers as an obstetrician holding up a baby boy just delivered of a pregnant woman representing France. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1872.

    Gill, André, 1840-1885. | Date: 4 Août 1872 | Reference: 657723i
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    Napoleon III being tried by skeleton lawyers for the deaths of French soldiers in the Franco-Prussian War. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1871.

    Gill, André, 1840-1885. | Date: 5 Novembre 1871 | Reference: 657955i
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    A graveyard visited by ghosts of the dead; representing the memory of the Franco-Prussian War. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1873.

    Gill, André, 1840-1885. | Date: 28 Décembre 1873 | Reference: 657986i

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