A Sop to Cerberus Product:Fine art poster The Asylum was opened as

The Asylum was opened as a school for the children of soldiers

Boardroom of the Admiralty with a meeting in progress

The award was presented by the Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers Federation

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

A Sop to Cerberus Product:Fine art poster The Asylum was opened as'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.