Lot 571
[Dreyfus, Captain Alfred] Rare Cabinet Card Photograph, c. 1907 (1859-1935) French Jewish artillery officer at the heart of the "Dreyfus Affair." He was wrongfully convicted of treason and in 1895 sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. The affair became the worst political and judicial scandal France had ever seen when Dreyfus was championed by Emile Zola and other artists and intellectuals. He was officially exonerated in 1906. Cabinet Card Photograph, 4¼ x 6½ in. with ink stamped imprint of William M. Vander Weyde of New York, c. 1907. Vander Weyde's original negative is in the collection of the George Eastman House Still Photo Archive. Dreyfus is shown in full French artillery uniform after his exoneration and return to military service. Fine.
Estimated Value $300 - 600.
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