Le Traître: Dégradation d'Alfred Dreyfus (The Traitor: Degradation of Alfred Dreyfus), Le Petit Journal, 13 January 1895
Cover of a mass-circulation illustrated weekly showing the public military degradation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in the courtyard of the Ecole militaire, Paris: a mounted officer breaks his sword over the ground while ranked troops look on. The caption gives the man a single-word label, 'LE TRAITRE', ahead of his name, so the news picture carries the verdict as his title.
- Date
- January 13, 1895
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Le Petit Journal (Supplément illustré); illustrator Henri Meyer
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Dupuy Government
- Leader
- Charles Dupuy
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance, Media and information
- Event
- Dreyfus Affair
- Techniques
- Name-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (per Wikimedia Commons: Henri Meyer d. 1899; published 1895)
Henri Meyer (1841-1899), Le Petit Journal, Supplément illustré, no. 217, 13 January 1895. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
Le Petit Journal Chaque jour 5 centimes Le Supplément illustré chaque semaine 5 centimes SUPPLÉMENT ILLUSTRÉ Huit pages : CINQ centimes ABONNEMENTS TROIS MOIS / SIX MOIS / UN AN Paris .......... 1 fr. / 2 fr. / 3 fr 50 Départements 1 fr. / 2 fr. / 4 fr. Étranger ...... 1 50 / 2 50 / 5 fr. Sixième année DIMANCHE 13 JANVIER 1895 Numéro 217 [signature in image] H. Meyer LE TRAITRE Dégradation d'Alfred Dreyfus
The Little Journal Every day 5 centimes The Illustrated Supplement every week 5 centimes ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT Eight pages: FIVE centimes SUBSCRIPTIONS THREE MONTHS / SIX MONTHS / ONE YEAR Paris .......... 1 fr. / 2 fr. / 3 fr 50 Departments 1 fr. / 2 fr. / 4 fr. Abroad ...... 1 50 / 2 50 / 5 fr. Sixth year SUNDAY 13 JANUARY 1895 Number 217 H. Meyer THE TRAITOR Degradation of Alfred Dreyfus
Read from the 960 px thumbnail; masthead and caption are typeset. English is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.
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