Le Docteur cherchant querelle à Ratapoil, 1851. The Doctor quarreling with Ratapoil. Daumier's character Ratapoil (Ratskin) was one of Louis-Napoleon's agents-provocateurs, a cudgel-carrying bully whose job was to stir up crowds, using bribes and force if necessary, to convince the people to return Louis-Napoleon to power. From Actualités.
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