JOC4401048 Cartoon of the politics of the Second Empire (Bonapartiste Regime) directed by Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, dit Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1808-1873). ???ill\'s melon (drawing of the period)?? Following the censorship of one of his drawings, Andre Gill (1840-1885), a French cartoonist, replaced him with that of a melon deprived of one of his slices and opened his mouth to deliver a speech. The cartoon, published in L\'Eclipse on 15 August 1868, is in turn censured for ???bscenite?? The identity of the person represented is controversial. Illustration by Andre Gill, published in L\'Eclipse and reproduced in La Lanterne, August 15, 1868. Engraving in ??????Napoleon dernier: Les Lanternes de l\'Empire??????(Volume 1, volume 1), reedition of 1880-1881 of 75 issues of the newspaper ??????La Lanterne ??????published by Henri Rochefort (1831-1913) between 30/05/1868 and 29/10/1869 at the Anti-Clerical Librairie. Private collection.; (add.info.: Cartoon of the politics of the Second Empire (Bonapartiste Regime) directed by Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, dit Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1808-1873). ???ill\'s melon (drawing of the period)?? Following the censorship of one of his drawings, Andre Gill (1840-1885), a French cartoonist, replaced him with that of a melon deprived of one of his slices and opened his mouth to deliver a speech. The cartoon, published in L\'Eclipse on 15 August 1868, is in turn censured for ???bscenite?? The identity of the person represented is controversial. Illustration by Andre Gill, published in L\'Eclipse and reproduced in La Lanterne, August 15, 1868. Engraving in ??????Napoleon dernier: Les Lanternes de l\'Empire??????(Volume 1, volume 1), reedition of 1880-1881 of 75 issues of the newspaper ??????La Lanterne ??????published by Henri Rochefort (1831-1913) between 30/05/1868 and 29/10/1869 at the Anti-Clerical Librairie. Private collection.); Photo by Sibroc; out of copyright.