Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité, at St. Cloud near Paris Novr. 10th 1799 LCCN2005680371

Title: exit libertè a la francois! or buonaparte closing the farce of egalité, at st. Cloud near paris novr. 10th 1799 abstract: 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. Physical description: 1 print: etching, hand-colored; 25. 2 x 36 cm (sheet) notes: forms part of: art wood collection of caricature and cartoon (library of congress).;title from item.;pr 13 cn 2001:055-4 exhibited: "timely and timeless" at the graphic arts galleries, library of congress, washington, d. C. , 2011-2012.;forms part of: british cartoon prints collection (library of congress).;js. Gillray inv' & f'. Date: 1799.