Le Duel à Mort Finish:Stretched he stands with one foot

he stands with one foot either side of the harbour into which the little ship of reform is sailing

leaning against a Delage 15-S8

Scottish Football team photo 1974

William Faithorne

his rifle over his shoulder

Le Duel à Mort Finish:Stretched he stands with one foot'Le Duel Mort', 1869. In an effort to stem the rising tide of his unpopularity, Napoleon III had relaxed press censorship in France. This led to a number of republican journals making their appearance and battle lines were drawn between these and the Orleanist faction. This cartoon shows a representative of each slugging it out whilst perilously balanced on the top of a tall gibbet with the nooses already around their necks. One or other would fall to