L'Errant [The Wanderer], from Les Temps nouveaux [The New Times]

Les Temps nouveaux was an anarchist newspaper founded in 1896 by Jean Grave, who invited like-minded artists to contribute original prints that would be produced along side the tabloid. Cross’s print was the third in a series and came after lithographs provided by Maximilian Luce and Camille Pissarro. It shows a bearded vagabond with a sack sitting with his hands folded in his lap. Behind him is a vision of men throwing the symbols of government – a crown, a flag, a drum, and a Phrygian cap – onto a fire, thus beginning a new era of happiness.