Less well know than Gantner's poster for the
prohibition of absinthe in Switzerland, is this
companion lithograph lamenting the final
prohibition of absinthe in France 5 years later, by
ministerial decree of 7th January 1915.
In the centre, trampling the mortally wounded
Green Fairy, is Raymond Poincairé, President of
the French Republic, while in the background
French troops are shown engaged in the first
terrible battles of the Great War.
The white ribbon at the bottom "Les Habitués
d'..." is left blank, to allow the name of the bar or
café that purchased the poster to be added.
