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BEAUTIFUL AND RARE SET OF 13 ORIGINAL SIGNED CARICATURES Orens, for L'Actualiste and L'Actualiste Satirique.

Original designs - inks on paper - for the famous satirical newspapers/postcards published by Orens Denizard (1879 - 1965) and limited to 150 copies.

"From March 1902 onwards, the name of an illustrator came to the fore in satirical political postcards. This was Charles Denizard, who signed his work Orens, using another of his first names as a pseudonym. It was to revive the art of copper engraving (burin, etching) and lithography - ancient processes compared with modern ones such as photogravure - that Orens chose the medium of the postcard to express himself."[1]
"John Grand-Carteret, a journalist and writer who was very famous at the time, and who was the first to introduce caricature into history books, hailed in glowing terms this new publication, which competed with the satirical press" [2].

For L'Actualiste Satirique (April 1095) :

- The public prosecutor's office has uncovered a royalist plot against Mr Louchet and the Republic! Fortunately, these are well guarded (model for card no. 29), a caricature of President Loubet and his political supporters.
- Serpent de Mer, William II, appearing on the coast of Morocco (model for card no. 31), caricature of Wilhelm II after the "coup de Tanger" on 31 March 1905, a crisis which led to a surge of Germanophobia in France and the resignation of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Théophile Delcassé, in June.
- Mr Delcassé tries to balance "Death" Brrrrr... (model for map no. 33), caricature of the French Foreign Minister, Théophile Delcassé, after the "coup de Tanger".
- Captain Tamburini, who has just shaken the republic (mock-up for card no. 34), following the arrest of Captain Tamburini and four of his "accomplices" for a "plot" against the internal security of the State. Subtitled: "Le Complot - The Captain Tambini who shook the Republic"
- L'entente "Cordiale" English to French = "Moâ je prends ceci et te laisse cela Delcassé: "qu'elle 'bombe' mon Seigneur...(model for card no. 37), caricature of the Minister of Foreign Affairs accepting a compromise with the British.
- The Prussian Bolide (model for card no. 38), caricature of William II after the "Tangiers coup".
- France in Morocco: Come on Théophile, where are we going? It seems to me that it stinks of sauerkraut (mock-up for map no. 39), caricature of Théophile Delcassé heading towards Morocco with his eyes closed, holding hands with the Statue of Liberty without seeing William II.
- Are the Japanese right to say that France has a rotten heart? (model for map no. 40), caricature by Théophile Delcassé after the "Tangiers coup".
- Edouard VII in Paris (May 1905) The Delacassé - Marococo Incident - Émile: what are we going to do with these pieces? - Édouard: We'll try to put them back together... Delcassé (who isn't dead) Aôt Yes! (model for card no. 41), caricature of Théophile Delcassé "sliced up" after the "Tangiers coup".
- French diplomacy since the Franco-German incident over Morocco (model for card no. 42), caricature of Edouard VII, manipulating Théophile Delcassé like a puppet.
- Coming soon !!! Aux Folies Étrangères : Quadruple Alliance ?by Théophile !!! (model for card no. 43), caricature of Théophile Delcassé balancing the heads of Edouard VII and Loubet.

For L'Actualiste (October 1905):

- Mr Berteaux trying out the Lebaudy airship on the Eastern frontier... Now we can "eat sugar"... (model for card no. 57), caricature of the Minister of War after the test of a Bertaux airship in October 1905.
- A snapshot of Mr Loubet's trip to Spain and Portugal (model for card no. 58), caricature of President Loubet during his official trip to Spain and Portugal from 22 to 29 October 1905.

[1] (Bruno de Perthuis, Émergence de la carte postale comme support de la caricature police au début du 20e siècle, 1998)
[2](Bruno de Perthuis, Orens Denizard and the satirical burin (1905) in Print news, 2013)