A 1916 political cartoon from La Baïonnette, restored from an original print. Charles Léandre skewers the ruling class with a scene that hasn’t aged a day: politicians shuffling papers, prolonging “sessions,” and calling it governance while the public bears the cost. The caption—La séance continue—lands like a warning: the circus doesn’t stop just because it’s failing.
A 1916 political cartoon from La Baïonnette, restored from an original print. Charles Léandre skewers the ruling class with a scene that hasn’t aged a day: politicians shuffling papers, prolonging “sessions,” and calling it governance while the public bears the cost. The caption—La séance continue—lands like a warning: the circus doesn’t stop just because it’s failing.