With Robida's departure the journal lost some of its graphic appeal, and became more cliched. On 5 September 1896 Kolb's name was dropped from the masthead of issue 871, which now simply said "weekly journal". In January 1897 the journal was sold to the "Librairie Fayard", and "Fayard frères" began to appear on the masthead. On 23 January 1893 the office moved to 78 boulevard St Michel, in the premises of the "Librairie Dentu". Roussat became the manager. Soon after "La Caricature" abandoned photogravure for halftone etching. There were repeated changes of manager. The paper began to adopt a more strident and populist tone. On 31 December 1904 the last issue of "La Caricature" announced its merger with "L’Indiscret", a black and white tabloid that gave more images than "La Caracature" but lower quality. Citations Sources