A study in popular resistance and the refusal to negotiate with authoritarian power.
The image presents expulsion rather than persuasion as the only response to tyranny. Authority is not corrected or reasoned with, but physically removed, underscoring the idea that entrenched power rarely relinquishes control without forceful opposition.
Historical Note
This illustration appeared during the First World War in La Baïonnette and was drawn by A. Willette. Titled “À la porte les tyrans” (“Out with the tyrants”), it channels public anger into a direct visual command, reflecting wartime French satire’s blunt rejection of authoritarian rule.
100% heavy cotton canvas | Flat corners and sewn construction with reinforced stitching
A study in popular resistance and the refusal to negotiate with authoritarian power.
The image presents expulsion rather than persuasion as the only response to tyranny. Authority is not corrected or reasoned with, but physically removed, underscoring the idea that entrenched power rarely relinquishes control without forceful opposition.
Historical Note
This illustration appeared during the First World War in La Baïonnette and was drawn by A. Willette. Titled “À la porte les tyrans” (“Out with the tyrants”), it channels public anger into a direct visual command, reflecting wartime French satire’s blunt rejection of authoritarian rule.
100% heavy cotton canvas | Flat corners and sewn construction with reinforced stitching
