Image: Cartoon depicting King Leopold 2 of the Belgians laying the first stone of the Basilica of Koekelberg
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Description: Cartoon depicting King Leopold II of the Belgians laying the first stone of the the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Brussels, with mutilated africans and Catholic bishops in the background. It shows the hypocrisy of both King Leopold and the Catholic church at the time in a satirical way.
Title: Cartoon depicting King Leopold 2 of the Belgians laying the first stone of the Basilica of Koekelberg
Credit: Les Corbeaux, Brussels, 15 October 1905
Author: Ashavérus (Didier Dubucq)
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License: Public domain
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