In this anonymous print, a Parisian courtesan (“drôlesse”) walks arm in arm with a German officer wearing a Pickelhaube. Other similar couples appear in the background. The woman answers cynically and paradoxically the silent reproach of the young boy looking at her: “What? It is your Prussian who gives you sustenance”…

Paris : Madre éditeur (20 rue du Croissant), [1870-71]

Lithographie Barousse