The Hour of Absinthe
French caricaturist André Gill captures the dangerous allure of the 'Green Fairy' in this vivid illustration. A grumpy military figure in a red coat and bicorne hat leans aggressively over a table, locking eyes with a giant glass of green absinthe. His clenched fists and intense glare suggest a dangerous addiction to the potent spirit, which was all the rage in 19th-century Paris before being banned for supposedly causing madness. Gill, a master of exaggeration who worked for satirical papers like *La Lune*, uses bold colors and sharp lines to mock the era's drinking culture.
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