Urgent Uproar or for Lack of Better
1905
Imagine sitting in a crowded 1905 Parisian café when a glamorous woman in a gigantic hat approaches your table. That's the scene Fernand Louis Gottlob sketches here, capturing a moment of bold social audacity. The seated man, looking quite resigned with his hands in his pockets, is being confronted by this fashionable figure who, according to the handwritten dialogue at the bottom, is essentially shaking him down for a beer ('Payez-moi un bock!'). Gottlob was a famous illustrator for satirical magazines like *Le Rire*, and he uses loose, energetic lines to perfectly capture the cheeky, humorous atmosphere of the Belle Époque.