Le Petit Sou Poster Style:France, c. 1900 is a small red bird

is a small red bird with a bright yellow beak and claws

John Seaton

Original Title - The Countess Died of Laughter Director - Franz Antel

Neal Dobrofsky

Printed in Italy

Le Petit Sou Poster Style:France, c. 1900 is a small red birdVintage French poster for the worker's daily paper Le Petit Sou (The Little Penny). The paper makes its political bent clear: it is a "journal de defense sociale" (newspaper of social defense). The poster illustration is amazingly lyrical, its themes and composition evoking those of Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People. Here Marianne, France's female symbol of Liberty, leads the workers up in a rebellion against the powers of the state. She