Satire on the napoleonic wars. (british political cartoon); a comment on the calabrian uprising in sicily and the stirrings of revolt against napoleonic power in the rest of europe, including france itself. Napoleon, enraged by the bad news in the moniteur and in dispatches brought by talleyrand, kicks and bludgeons the minister. The paintings on the wall, ostensibly by david, depict earlier french victories as won by gold, napoleon handing over sacks of money at marengo and ulm.;ms annotations in bottom margin identifying madam bonaparte; bonaparte; tallyrand. Date: 13 September 1806. Place of creation: London (England): Hannah Humphrey. Dimensions: 278 x 377 (sheet); 240 x 344 (image and text) mm; etching. Collection: Bodleian Library. Bodleian Libraries, News from Calabria Capture of Buenos Ayres ie - the comforts of an imperial dejeuné at St Clouds
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