The trained history painter Louis Sabattier was one of the most interesting press illustrators of the late 19th century. None of the numerous accredited special artists managed to catch the tense atmosphere of the spectacular trials against Alfred Dreyfus and Émilé Zola in a comparable subtle way. Many of his soft focussed photo-paintings for the French magazine L Illustration conveyed a ambiguous cultural-critical content. Topics: Social facilities and Working worlds / Dreyfus affair and Zola trial / La vie automobile
The automobile life – The breakdown
Inspection after the flood (Gouache)
Missionaries visiting the naval museum in the Louvre
The President reviewing the troops from the department of Hautes Alpes on the plate of Mont-Froid
Transfering a command by phone / Signals by hand and by telegraphic optics
Entrance of the hut / Cross section of the hut / Hunting in the bay
Collecting the game / On the lurk
The embrace
The blind institution / A geography lesson at the Braille school
Reading lessons by a blind teacher / Basketry
Basketry
Coloration of the anatomical parts / Removable ear
Drying the parts when leaving the casting mold / The large human mold
Natural lessons / Brush factory
The case Zola: the president / Zola / Mr. Labori, the advocate
The General Attorney Von Cassel / Captain Esterhazy
Assassination attempt against the King of Greece
A sale of underwear
The High Court – Second hearing – the questioning of witnesses
Gerschel (phot.), The Dreyfus trial in Rennes
Dreyfus affair in Rennes – first hearing of the war council
Dreyfus Affair in Rennes – the accused at the interview
At the Commissioner (Carrier)
Crowded carriers yard
In the new post-wagon from Paris to Lille
The feast of the mayors – the organizer supervises the preparations in an Automobile
