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.
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Réception par le Grand-Turc de célébrités européennes afin de l'aider à "civiliser" l'Empire Ottoman : liberté individuelle, suppression des eunuques, peuplement du sérail par des lorettes et autres chicards, introduction du champagne, dentistes et osanores pour tous, lumières de la Presse, intolérance des médicaments, remise sur pied du sultan par les médecins, visite de Lola-Montès, de Robert Houdin et d'Alexandre Dumas, éclairage au gaz....
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