Polemical duel between Lady Quotidienne and Sir Le Journal de Paris, Eugène Delacroix, 1821

Satire on the french press; in a jousting scene, the ultra journal 'la quotidienne' is shown as don quixote wearing boots 'à la suwarow' (after general suvarov) while 'le journal de paris' is sancho panzo riding an ass, wearing a chamber-pot on his head, topped by a pennant-shaped weathervane; the joust is presided over by 'le moniteur', the government's official paper, represented by a man wearing a conical (éteignoir-shaped) bonnet made of newsprint who sits enthroned on a dais with eyes closed under a canopy bearing the title "juge du camp"; to the right and left in the centre ground the aged onlookers are identified as the conservative press ('le drapeau blanc', 'la gazette de france', "l'étoile" and 'le journal des maires') while in the background behind a fence, the onlookers are smartly dressed young men representing the liberal press ('le journal des débats', 'le journal du commerce') as well as 'le journal de pharmacie' and 'la gazette de santé'; published in 'le miroir' on 29 september 1821 lithograph. Date: 1821. Dimensions: Height: 202 mm; Width: 300 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Prince Suvarov. Collection: British Museum. Duel polémique entre Dame Quotidienne et Messire Le Journal de Paris (Polemical duel between Lady Quotidienne and Sir Le Journal de Paris) (BM 1987,0516.36)