La Civilisation à la Porte #[nn]

"La civilisation à la Porte" presents a satirical vision of 19th-century European ideals imposed on the Ottoman Empire, as seen through the sharp wit of Amédée de Noé, writing and illustrating under his alias Cham. In this 1847 issue, a parade of European celebrities—Lola-Montès, Robert Houdin, and Alexandre Dumas—arrive to "modernize" the sultanate with champagne, gaslight, and Enlightenment reforms, all rendered in Cham’s distinctive, incisive style.