Lot 228
Gameboard - The Dreyfus Affair - France, 19th Century
L'Affaire Dreyfus et de la Verite [The Dreyfus Affair and the Truth]. Gameboard, photo-mechanic printing, France: Sceaux - imp. E. Charane, [ca. 1890-1898]. French.
Gameboard. The winner is the player who arrives at the truth. The game was created by supporters of Dreyfus, based on the French saying "The truth lies at the bottom of a well". The board squares show different figures connected to the Dreyfus affair.
46X64 cm. Good condition. Creases and folding marks. Tears to margins and folding lines, some reinforced with adhesive tape.
See: The Dreyfus Affair, Art, Truth and Justice, edited by Norman L. Kleeblatt, 1991, p. 181.
