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French illustrator, draftsman and caricaturist

A satirical cartoon map of Europe in 1870 by Hadol

Caricature of Marguerite Bélenger. The caption readsLa chatte (Souplesse-Rouerie), meaning 'The Cat (Nimbless-Cunning)'.

Paul Hadol (26 February 1835 inRemiremont – 26 November 1875 inParis) was a Frenchillustrator,draftsman andcaricaturist.

Hadol collaborated with periodicals such asLe Gaulois,Le Journal Amusant,High Life,Le Charivari,Le Monde comique,La Vie Parisienne andL'Eclipse (under his real name) and with Mailly and Baillard under the pseudonym White.

A former customs employee, he illustrated novels, theater posters, andsatire series (Actualités (Actualities),Mon Musée des Souverains (My Museum of Sovereigns)), which portrayed the political rulers of his period.

During the1870 war he publishedLa Ménagerie impériale (The Imperial Zoo) - caricatures which placed the heads of members of the disgraced Bonaparte family and their conspirators on the bodies of animals. The series begins with the former EmperorNapoléon III as a vulture, clutching in his claws the bleeding body ofFrance. He is described by the caption as cowardly and ferocious.