16 January 1898 · Colour lithographic newspaper illustration
En Chine—Le gâteau des Rois et… des Empereurs
Henri Meyer
Why it matters
The metaphor removes the need to argue for intervention. China is no longer a political actor but a cake already placed on the table, its surface scored into slices for foreign rulers. The caricatured Qing figure can protest but cannot touch the knives, turning lost sovereignty into visual common sense.
- Publication
- Le Petit Journal
- Holding institution
- Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
- Shelfmark
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography,
Meyer, Henri. En Chine—Le gâteau des Rois et… des Empereurs, Le Petit Journal, 16 January 1898. P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548, Cornell University Library.
