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| Title | Le Départ |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Publisher | [Martinet] |
| Place of Publication | [France -- Paris] |
| Date | [1814] |
| Caption Text | Caption on image:
[Above] Le Départ (The Departure)
[Below] J'ai trop longtems chanceller, (I've wavered too long)
F… le camp turlurette (screw the encampment, turlurette)
Vite et tot faut s'en aller (Quickly and early we need to go away)
Turlurette, ma tante turlurette. (Turlurette, my aunt turlurette.)
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| Historical Notes | Napoleon and Cambacérès leave Fontainebleau for exile on the island of St. Helena. Cambacérès is ridiculed for his gluttony and homosexuality, and Napoleon for his baseness (note the dog urinating on him). The ditty in the caption depicts Napoleon as abandoning his soldiers ("screw the encampment") and making a fast getaway, the coach carrying food and wine. The coachman is wearing tight pants, perhaps identifying him as homosexual. The tent camp to the left is the Allied occupation of Paris. The term "aunt turlurette" was used widely to refer to Cambacérès, mocking his effeminite demeanor. The word "chanceller" in the verse below the image is a double entendre, referring both to Cambacérès title as chancellor and his reputation for wavering.
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| Publishing Notes | Dépot légal by Goustusval on April 17, 1815, according to Clerc. George says Godissart de Car. was the artist, and that the drawing was published by Martinet. First printed in spring 1815.
Reference Source: Clerc #51.
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Cambacérès, Jean Jacques Régis de, 1753-1824
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP47 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F19 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching ; plate mark 22 x 28 cm. on sheet 25 x 34 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. |
