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Le Lis Confessant La Violette
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| Title | Le Lis Confessant La Violette |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Publisher | [Martinet] |
| Place of Publication | [France -- Paris] |
| Date | [1815] |
| Caption Text | Caption on image:
Le Lis [lys] Confessant La Violette (The lily confessing the violet)
Dialogue and signage:
[Scroll held by Napoleon] Confession Generale Victoires Aboukir, Marengo, Ulm, Jena, Friedland, Austerlitz, Eylau, Wagram, Moscowa, Lutzen, Vurchen, Monmirail, Brienne, Champ-Aubert, etc. (General confessions...[followed by list of battles])
[Name on Confessional] Père Tartufe XVIII (Father Tartuffe the 18th)
[Sign under priest] Charte Constitutionnelle (Constitutional Charter)
Paper in the priest's hand] Penitence, Acte de Contrition, Penitence/Acte de Contrition/Proscrit jusqu'au pressant besoin (Punishment, Act of Contribution, prohibited until there's a pressing need)
[Scrolls coming out of hat in front of priest] Indulgence pour les traîtres, Pénitences pour les défenseurs de la patrie (Indulgence for traitors, punishments for defenders of the fatherland)
[Scroll held by soldier with wooden leg] Pénitence, 1er Acte d'Humilité, Éloigné de l'Hôtel (Punishment, First Act of Humility, Distance from the Hotel [de Ville])
[Scroll at that soldier's foot] Confession, La Vendée Pacifiée (Confession, the pacified Vendeen)
[Triangles covering women across top] Oublid Upassé
[Banners carried by women] Marengo, Jéna, Austerlitz, Wagram, Essli, Moscowa, Craonf, Fried, Lutzen, Briene, Monmirail (names of battles)
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| Historical Notes | Napoleon (known as Father Violet) is improbably confessing to Louis XVIII (often represented by the lily). Louis's confessional is labeled Father Tartuffe after the character in Molière's play who was himself a hypocritical imposter. The caricaturist is criticizing the selective forgiveness and punishment that Louis is meting out.
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| Publishing Notes | Published spring 1815 (per the catalog of the De Vinck collection), but a handwritten note on our drawing says 1814. Broadley #205.
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP80 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F48 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 25 x 35 cm. on sheet 28 x 39 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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