NICOLA GINZLER

Senior Graphic Designer

Tag: scythe

Le Choléra: Le Petit Journal, December 1, 1912

Cover of French newspaper "Le Petit Journal" with illustration of the figure of Death cutting down marching troops

One hundred and three years ago today, Le Petit Journal, a French newspaper, featured an illustration of cholera, which was decimating the troops of World War I: Death cuts through the marching men with a scythe. Notably, the men wear the red fez, identifying them as Tirailleurs Sénégalais. (Tirailleur translates variously as “skirmisher,” “rifleman,” or […]

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