XIR384583 Title page depicting the scandalous meeting of the House of Deputies: Jean Jaures attacked by Bernis during a debate on the Dreyfus Affair, illustration from the illustrated supplement of Le Petit Journal, 6th February, 1898 (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jaures (1859-1914), French Socialist leader; the Dreyfus affair refers to a political scandal that divided France; it involved the conviction for treason in November 1894 of Captain Alfred Dreyfus for having passed on French military secrets to the German Embassy; it came to light in 1896 that Ferdinand Esterhazy was the real culprit;); French, out of copyright.