Night of december 2. In front of a tutelary bust of emperor napoleon i, president louis-napoléon bonaparte (right) delivers his instructions to the coup d'etat plotters on the night of december 1 to 2, 1851. From left to right: his secretary jean-françois mocquard holds the list of people to be arrested, general de saint-arnaud holds the military orders intended for marshal magnan, charles de morny (also the president's half-brother) slips the decree appointing him minister of the interior into his pocket while victor de persigny stands faithfully in the background. [1] print drawn by philippoteaux and engraved by eugène leguay, taken from the work of paul lacroix, political, anecdotal and popular history of napoleon iii, emperor of the french, and of the napoleonic dynasty, vol. 4, paris, dufour, mulat and boulanger, 1853. Nicole villa, denise dommel and jacques thirion, de vinck collection: analytical inventory. A century of french history through prints, 1770-1871, volume 7: the revolution of 1848 and the second republic, national library, department of prints, 1955, p. 768, read online. Date: 1853.
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