Ape (Carlo Pellegrini, 1839 - 1889) (Lith.) - M Charles Floquet; Vive la Pologne. Issue 1024. (First Edition Before the Bound Volumes. )

London: Vanity Fair, 1888. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm (15.75 x 10.6 inches). Very Good. Minor wrinkle at top edge, not affecting image. Dated 16 Jun 1888. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Charles Thomas Floquet (French pronunciation: ;[ʃaÊ�l flÉ”kÉ›]; 2 October 1828 - 18 January 1896) was a French statesman. He was born at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Basses-Pyrénées). He studied law in Paris, and was called to the bar in 1851. The coup d'état of that year aroused the strenuous opposition of Floquet, who had, while yet a student, given proof of his republican sympathies by taking part in the fighting of 1848. He made his name by his brilliant and fearless attacks on the government in a series of political trials, and at the same time contributed to the Temps and other influential journals. When the tsar Alexander II visited the Palais de Justice in 1867, Floquet was said to have confronted him with the cry "Vive la Pologne, monsieur!" He delivered a scathing indictment of the Empire at the trial of Pierre Bonaparte for killing Victor Noir in 1870, and took a part in the revolution of 4 September as well as in the subsequent defence of Paris. .

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