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| Title | La France Constitutionnelle |
| Creator | Anonymous |
| Place of Publication | [France -- Paris] |
| Date | [1815] |
| Caption Text | Caption on image :
LA FRANCE CONSTITUTIONNELLE (Constitutional France)
Dialogue and signage:
[Napoleon] Enfin je la tiens notre belle France (Finally I have her, our beautiful France)
[Napoleon's sword] Souverainete des lois (sovereignty of laws)
[Reins around her neck] Idées liberales (liberal ideas)
[France] Dieu Merci me Voilà Vigoureusement Constituée ! (God, thank you for having vigorously constituted me)
[Her wooden leg] Belgique (Belgium)
[Papers spilling out of cornucopia] Emprunt forcé, levée de 400 m… (forced loan, levy of 400 m..)
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| Historical Notes | This drawing shows France suffering under Napoleon's reign. The artist shows him perched on a woman symbolizing France, who has grey hair, a pale and wan face, her arm in a sling, and a wooden leg. She wears a crown and a torn dress covered with bees, the symbol of the Empire. Napoleon is pulling on the bit between her teeth, and she is morning and leaning on a crutch. At her feet is a cornucopia from which spill a snake, some documents, and the flame of liberty.
Reference source: Clerc #89
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| Publishing Notes | Also found in the De Vinck collection (#9530).
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP65 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F33 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 37 x 27 cm. on sheet 40 x 27 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2006. |
