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Un coup de théâtre. Marcelin Albert chez M. Clemenceau

7 July 1907

A coloured cover of the Petit Journal supplement from 7 July 1907, showing the Marcellin Albert affair at Clemenceau's home. It is a newspaper illustration, not a photograph.

This 1907 newspaper cover shows Clemenceau at the centre of a dramatic public episode, during his first term as Prime Minister.

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Colored illustration on the cover of Le Petit Journal, dated Sunday 7 July 1907. A tall bearded man in a dark suit and holding a hat stands at left in an ornate room. A seated bald man with a mustache, in a dark suit, raises one hand toward him across a gilded desk. Caption reads: Un coup de théâtre. Marcelin Albert chez M. Clemenceau.
Anonymous illustrator, cover of the Supplement illustre du Petit Journal, 7 July 1907. Un coup de theatre. Marcelin Albert chez M. Clemenceau.

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What it is

This is the cover of the illustrated supplement of Le Petit Journal, dated Sunday 7 July 1907. Its caption reads Un coup de théâtre. Marcelin Albert chez M. Clemenceau, which means A dramatic turn. Marcelin Albert at Mr. Clemenceau's home. The cover is a coloured illustration. It shows a tall bearded man in a dark suit holding a hat, standing at left in an ornate room, and a seated bald man with a moustache raising one hand toward him across a gilded desk.

Why it matters

Illustrated newspaper covers were a popular way to present news to a mass readership in France in the early 1900s. This cover shows how the press turned a public event involving Clemenceau into a dramatic scene. Readers of the period would have seen the story through the artist's choice of moment and composition.

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  • What does the artist show about the mood of the two men, and what might be happening between them?
  • The caption calls the moment a coup de theatre. Why might an editor choose that wording for this scene?
  • What does the picture leave out, and how would you find out more about the event before judging it?

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