File:Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité.jpg
Summary
Exit libertè a la Francois!—or—Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalitè, at St. Cloud near Paris Novr. 10th. 1799 / Js. Gillray inv' & f'.
SUMMARY: British satire shows Napoleon with his grenadiers driving the members of the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery at St. Cloud at bayonet point. A drum is labeled "Vive la Liberte," and papers under foot read "Resignation des Directoires" and "Un liste de Membres du Conseil des Cinque Cents." On November 10, 1799, in a move known as the Coup d'État of Eighteenth Brumaire, Napoleon seized control of the French government and installed himself as First Consul, thereafter governing as a dictator. James Gillray was the dominant caricaturist of his period, producing popular savage cartoons of the English court of George III and later of Napoleon and the French Revolution.
MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 25.2 × 36 cm (sheet)
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Publishd by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street, 1799 Novr. 21st.
NOTES:
Title from item.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9426
Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Unprocessed in WOOD/Gillray.118
Hoff, Syd. Editorial and political cartooning, p. 38; Parton, James, Caricature and other comic art, p. 153, 267–68 — ljr
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| current | 23:53, 6 January 2017 | | 4,104 × 2,856 (5.78 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Exit libertè a la Francois!—or—Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalitè, at S<sup>t</sup>. Cloud near Paris Nov<sup>r</sup>. 10<sup>th</sup>. 1799 / J<sup>s</sup>. Gillray inv' & f'. <p>SUMMARY: British satire shows Napoleon with his grenadiers driving the members of the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery at St. Cloud at bayonet point. A drum is labeled "Vive la Liberte," and papers under foot read "Resignation des Directoires" and "Un liste de Membres du Conseil des Cinque Cents." On November 10, 1799, in a move known as the Coup d'État of Eighteenth Brumaire, Napoleon seized control of the French government and installed himself as First Consul, thereafter governing as a dictator. James Gillray was the dominant caricaturist of his period, producing popular savage cartoons of the English court of George III and later of Napoleon and the French Revolution. </p> <p>MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 25.2 × 36 cm (sheet) </p> <p>CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Publishd by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street, 1799 Novr. 21st. </p> <p>NOTES: </p> <p>Title from item. </p> <p>Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9426 </p> <p>Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress). </p> <p>Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). </p> <p>Unprocessed in WOOD/Gillray.118 </p> Hoff, Syd. Editorial and political cartooning, p. 38; Parton, James, Caricature and other comic art, p. 153, 267–68 — ljr |
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