''L'Éclipse'' was a French magazine 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. H ...

, in which he drew caricatures of his illustrious contemporaries.

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...

disliked the portrait of him drawn by Gill in '' La Lune''. In December 1867, the journal was

censored Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...

. "''La Lune'' will have to undergo an eclipse," 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, 1868 File:Gill Gustave Doré.jpg, Caricature of

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

, 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). He served as presiden ...

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