Thanasis Kinias on Nostr: I had never seen this well-known cartoon in its original context before—from the 16 ...

I had never seen this well-known cartoon in its original context before—from the 16 January 1898 Sunday supplement to the Petit Journal—and it’s so much better then!

The caption “Gâteau des rois... et des Empereurs” makes the cake imagery make sense, because of course gâteau des rois—king cake—takes on a particular meaning when you see that this was published just after Epiphany in 1898.

I hate it when images and text get stripped of their context for classroom use...

#histodons #teaching