Illustrated by Armand Gallo, this La Baïonnette image, published during the First World War, turns wartime censorship into quiet satire. A fox looks upward while a crow perches above beside a warning nailed to a tree: “Taisez-vous — Méfiez-vous!” (“Keep quiet — be on your guard”).
Rather than depicting battle or heroism, the image shows authority as atmosphere—posted warnings, enforced vigilance, and speech reduced to risk. Using animal figures, the cartoon exposes how obedience takes hold not through force, but through fear made routine.
Original illustration from the French political magazine La Baïonnette, preserved as an archival artifact of wartime control and dissent.
Illustrated by Armand Gallo, this La Baïonnette image, published during the First World War, turns wartime censorship into quiet satire. A fox looks upward while a crow perches above beside a warning nailed to a tree: “Taisez-vous — Méfiez-vous!” (“Keep quiet — be on your guard”).
Rather than depicting battle or heroism, the image shows authority as atmosphere—posted warnings, enforced vigilance, and speech reduced to risk. Using animal figures, the cartoon exposes how obedience takes hold not through force, but through fear made routine.
Original illustration from the French political magazine La Baïonnette, preserved as an archival artifact of wartime control and dissent.
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