A Sop to Cerberus Product:Fine art poster A mackerel seller holding a

A mackerel seller holding a fish

The shadow of war is plainly depicted by the bare bones on the ground

Rama abandons his claim to Kosala's throne to serve an exile of fourteen years in the forest

A satire on the election

A Sop to Cerberus Product:Fine art poster A mackerel seller holding a'A Sop to Cerberus', 1872. This cartoon shows Louis Adolphe Thiers, the first president of the Third Republic, and Leon Gambetta, the deputy for Marseilles. Here they are threatened by Cerberus, which, in Greek mythology, was the three headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades. The heads represent Legitimist, Imperial and Orleanist, which groups, with the Red Republicans, were warring continually and causing France's administration great problems.