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| Title | La Violette Chiffonnier |
| Creator | [Saint-Phal] |
| Place of Publication | France -- Paris |
| Date | 1815 |
| Caption Text | Caption on image :
La Violette Chiffonnier (The lavendar rag-picker/scavenger)
Cherchant sa couronne dans les ordures des faubourgs de Paris (Searching for his crown in the garbage cans of the working-class suburbs of Paris)
A Paris chez tous les Marchands des Nouveautés (In Paris at all the merchants of novelty items)
Déposé au Bureau des Estampes (Registed at the Bureau of Engravings)
Dialogue and signage:
[Man putting up poster] Affichons le! (Display it!)
[Posters] Deux CHAMBRES à louer! (Two rooms/chambers to rent)
on demande des persones honnête (they're asking for honest people)(
Palais Royal (Royal Palace)
Dans les Appartemens de S.A.S. le Duc d'Orléans (In the apartments of the Duke of Orleans
pendant son Absence (during his absence)
Représentation du Tartuffe (Representation of Tartuffe [character in Moli (Representation of Tartuffe [character in Molière play])
Elisée Bourbon (Bourbon palace)
Représentation du Roi surposé (representation of the king superimposed)
[Man lighting lamp] Un mot Sire et les Eclaireurs de 93 mettront les Royalistes à la lanterne (One word, Sire, and the lamplighters will string up the Royalists on the lantern)
[The coal-carrier] J'sommes vos Mousquetaires noirs ! si l'ennemi tombe sous nos pattes j'réponds qui n'sera pas blanc ! (I'm [one of] your black musketeers ; if the enemy falls under our feet we won't leave him white)
[Napoleon] Mes Enfans aider le père la Violette à ravoir sa courinne qui est souillée (My children, help le père la Violette [his nickname during the hundred days] to get back his crown which is tarnished)
[Papers in Napoleon's basket] Senatus Consulte, Décret, Décret Imp'al, Senatus Consulte (Senatorial consultation, decree, imperial decree, senatorial consultation)
[Box over skeleton's shoulder] Voici vos Gardes du Corps si besoin était!!!!...(Here are your bodyguards if need be)
[Patch on skeleton's shoulder] Brevete par S.M. (Patented by S.M.)
[Scroll in skeleton's coat] Apertis sement
[Man in revolutionary bonnet] Les M(??) d'allumettes souffrent mais ne se plaignent pas (The ?? of matches suffer but don't complain)
[First of legion of revolutionary soldiers] Sire il y a encore du remède notre seule présence fera tourner le dos a l'ennemi (Sir, there is still some remedy, our sole presence will make the enemy turn his back)
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| Historical Notes | This drawing refers to the revolutionary origins of Napoleon's power. Napoleon, in an elegant white-and-gold costume, prods a pile of garbage with his sword underneath an effigy of himself. He doesn't notice, intent on finding his crown. A lamplighter in rags is kneeling nearby, and all the revolutionary symbols and archetypes are nearby. The drawing symbolizes the revolutionary origins of his rise to power.
Reference source: Clerc #83.
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| Publishing Notes | Announced in the Gazette de France on March 21, 1815
printed in June
dépôt légal September 5, 1815. Also found in the De Vinck collection (#9403) at the Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris) and in the Collection de l'histoire de France, Qb1, May 14, 1815. b
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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 | NAP79 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F47 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 23 x 34 cm. on sheet 26 x 37 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. |
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