The article focuses on (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) Nadar's satirical works, "Les Dicts et Faicts du chier Cyre Gambette le Hutin en sa court" and "La Passion illustrée," which target the political figure Léon Gambetta. It mentions that Nadar's writings, often considered as personal attacks, are reexamined in the context of the political climate of the early 1880s and the satirical tradition of the time.