''L'Éclipse'' was a French

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

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

s of his illustrious contemporaries. Napoleon III disliked the portrait of him drawn by Gill in '' La Lune''. In December 1867, the journal was censored. "''La Lune'' will have to undergo an

eclipse An eclipse is an astronomical event that 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 ce ...

," 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, 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, 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 ...

, 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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