"Benjamin RASPAIL to the Electors of the 1st District of SCE - Lot 567

"Benjamin RASPAIL to the Electors of the 1st District of SCEAUX (92)". Legislative elections of October 6, 1889. "My dear Citizens, on September 22nd, by 8384 votes, you affirmed on my name your will to bring the triumphant Republic out of the assault that all the reactions have just delivered to it. As a patriot, I thank you for that... Citizens, Democracy, even under the Empire, has always been triumphant in the 1st District of Seals. It is impossible that the failure it suffered on September 22nd is not erased on October 6th. Our Constituency cannot remain below the Departments that have done justice to BULANGISM. Forward for Peace, Order, Tranquillity and Greatness of the Fatherland. Long live the Republic. Benjamin RASPAIL." Poster (85 x 62 cm) State B. Consolidations. Benjamin RASPAIL (Paris 1823 Cachan 1899) was a painter, engraver and politician, Mayor of Arcueil (94) in 1875, General Councillor of the Seine and of the canton of Villejuif.