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

A mackerel seller holding a fish

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

Boardroom of the Admiralty with a meeting in progress

Also depicting a horse drawn carriage

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.