The Fin de siecle – Fake News – Vintage Political Comic Illustration Poster.

A magnificent 19th Century political illustration, “The fin de siecle”.

The French term, “fin de siecle” refers to the “end of a century”, describing something as a “fin de siecle” event means new, drastic departures and the ending of an old era.

Many topics of late 19th Century “fin de siecle” political culture were especially controversial and have been cited as a major influence on fascism; as a generator of the science of geopolitics, including the theory of lebensraum. Lebensraum became an ideological principle of Nazism following Adolf Hitler's rise to power, and provided justification for the German territorial expansion into East-Central Europe.

Artwork created by Frederick Burr and published in New York by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1894 March 7.

This striking illustration shows a newspaper owner, most probably, Joseph Pulitzer, sitting in a chair in his office next to an open safe where "Profits" are spilling out onto the floor. Outside this scene are many newspaper reporters for the "Daily Splurge" rushing to the office to toss their stories onto the printing press, such stories as:

"Fake News"

"A Week as a Tramp!! Wild and Exciting Experiences of a Daily Splurge Reporter"

"A Reporter of the Daily Splurge Spends a Thrilling Week in an Asylum!"

"An Organ Grinder's Life"

"Life in Sing Sing - a Splurge Reporter in Disguise"

"Divorce Court Details"

"Private Scandal"

"A Night Around Town" by a woman reporter "in Men's Attire"

Life on the streets "As a Flower Girl"

"Thrilling Exposé"

"How beggars are treated on 5th Ave. by Fanny Fake"

"High Spiced Sensation".

A notice hanging on the wall of the office states "The Motto of the Daily Splurge - Morality and a High Sense of Duty".

Details:

  • "The fin de siecle – Fake News Poster" is a reproduction of an original chromo-lithographic illustration.
  • This poster is digitally printed on high quality paper with vivid colour and exceptional detail.
  • We use Australia Post and your print will be delivered in a postage tube for extra protection.
  • Our online images are electronically watermarked, the actual purchased prints are not.

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Vintage Political Comic Poster - The Fin de siecle – Fake News

  • Designer: BOOK Illustrations
  • Product Code: VNPP-US-113_The-Fin-de-Siecle_Fake-News
  • Availability: In Stock
  • $15.50


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