''L'Éclipse'' was a French

magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...

of the nineteenth century, appearing from 1868 to 1876. Edited by Francis Polo, ''L'Éclipse'' was a showcase for the illustrator

André Gill André Gill (17 October 1840 – 1 May 1885) was a French caricaturist. Born Louis-Alexandre Gosset de Guînes at Paris, the son of the Comte de Guînes and Sylvie-Adeline Gosset, Gill studied at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. ...

, in which he drew

caricature A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon). Caricatures can be either insulting or complimentary, ...

s of his illustrious contemporaries.

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...

disliked the portrait of him drawn by Gill in ''

La Lune ''La Lune'' ("The Moon") was the name of a nineteenth-century French weekly four-sheet newspaper edited by Francis Polo. The illustrator André Gill became known for his work for this journal, in which he drew caricatures for a series entitled ...

''. In December 1867, the journal was

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. "''La Lune'' will have to undergo an

eclipse An eclipse is an astronomical event which occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured, by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. This alignment of three ...

," an authority commented to Editor Francis Polo when the ban was instituted, unwittingly dubbing Polo's subsequent publication: ''L'Eclipse'', which made its first appearance on 9 August 1868. ''L'Éclipse'' would itself suffer from twenty-two seizures by the law. It consisted only of one page, due to governmental restrictions. File:Gill Théophile Gautier.jpg, Caricature of Théophile Gautie, 5 April 1868 File:Gill Sainte Beuve.jpg,

Sainte-Beuve Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (; 23 December 1804 – 13 October 1869) was a French literary critic. Early life He was born in Boulogne, educated there, and studied medicine at the Collège Charlemagne in Paris (1824–27). In 1828, he se ...

, 1868 File:Gill Gustave Doré.jpg, Caricature of

Gustave Doré Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré ( , , ; 6January 1832 – 23January 1883) was a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings illustrati ...

, 1868 File:Gill Auber.jpg, Caricature of Auber, 1868 File:Gill Granier de Cassagnac A.jpg, Caricature of Adolphe Granier, 1868 File:EmileOllivierAndréGill.jpg, Caricature of Émile Ollivier, 1868 File:Champfleury André Gill L'Eclipse.jpg, « Champfleury » 1868 File:Gill-Nillson.jpg, Caricature of Christina Nilsson as Ophelia, 5 April 1868 File:Gill Adolphe Crémieux.jpg, Caricature of

Adolphe Crémieux Isaac-Jacob Adolphe Crémieux (; 30 April 1796 – 10 February 1880) was a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice under the Second Republic (1848) and Government of National Defense (1870–1871). Raised Jewish, he ...

, 1869 File:Gill Wagner.jpg, Caricature of Richard Wagner, 18 April 1869 File:Jean-Baptiste Troppmann - André Gill.jpg,

Jean-Baptiste Troppmann Jean-Baptiste Troppmann (October 5, 1849 – January 19, 1870) was a French spree killer who between August 24 and September 19, 1869, murdered eight members of the Kinck family, including six children aged between 2 and 16 years old, in order to ...

, 23 January 1870 File:Gill Hippolyte de Lorgeril.jpg, Caricature of Hippolyte de Lorgeril, 1874 File:L'Eclipse Anastasie.jp
''Madame Anastasie'' d’André Gill. 1874

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L' Eclipse: journal hebdomadaire politique, satirique et illustré
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