Le Cri de Paris

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Share of the Le Cri de Paris SA, issued 1. May 1913
Drawing from King Leopold II of the Belgians by 'Léal da Camara', for French Political magazine, 'Le Cri de Paris'.

Le Cri de Paris was an illustrated French political magazine that was founded by Alexandre Natanson in 1897 and was at the beginning a supplement of La Revue Blanche.[1]

Le Cri de Paris title means The Paris Protest in English, but it has in French two other meanings like Paris Fashion (as in « le dernier cri », chic, etc.) and cri as in cris de Paris, i.e. the street cries. This ambiguous title was forged by Félix Fénéon.

The magazine covered news, political articles and satire.

anti-colonialist drawings by Hermann Paul and Ibels.[4] The magazine was subject to frequent censorship.[5] Le Cri de Paris ceased publication in 1940.[2]

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  2. ^ a b "1927 Le Cri de Paris". Etsy. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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  5. ^ Joëlle Beurier. "Press/Journalism (France)". International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Retrieved 18 December 2016.