Caricature. "before tricking the chamber of deputies, the conjurer, seen from behind and who is none other than louis-philippe, holds an empty pistol in his hand. On the far right, behind a curtain, bags of crowns and a slit-throated rooster guarded by an informer. To the right of the king, thiers administers salts to a lady who has just fainted. In front of mr. Bosco, gullible spectators, filled with admiration. But on the left, others, skeptical - republicans - discuss the trickster's words (four-line commentary below the title): "attention, ladies and gentlemen, to this pretty trick! nothing in the hands, nothing in the pockets, nothing in the pistol! well! [. . . ] i'm going to blow my brains out [. . . ] without doing myself the slightest harm, and he'll come out. Explosion, detonation, conjuration, conspiracy, arrest, emotion, reception, acclamation, deputation, and. Amazement!!!!". Date: 29 November 1832.
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