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The French Government and the Court of Cassation, cartoon, printmaker: Johan Braakensiek, printer (person): Ellerman, Harms & Co., Amsterdam, 1899-02-05, printer (person), paper, lithography, lithografie, height 441 mm x width 298 mm., A tall, dark rocky cliff fills the left and center of the image with textured striations and shadowed surfaces, while a woman in a long dress stands on a ledge at the top right looking downward, her arms held across her chest and her hair up. Below her, a second woman in a sleeveless dress appears to be falling or reaching upward from a lower ledge with her arms extended toward the sky. A long sword is depicted diagonally near the lower figure, and a pair of small objects hang from the sword's hilt. The scene is rendered in a monochrome illustration style with strong contrasts between the figures and the rock formations.
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