Caricatures of Violence: Representations of Gendered Violence in Philipon's La Caricature

La Caricature was a French satirical newspaper published by Charles Philipon in the 1830s. Many images depicted King Louis Philippe as a danger to freedom or to France. Often, this was represented through violent imagery of the king or his ministers attacking a female allegorical figure. For this project, I analyzed these and other representations of violence against women in La Caricature.