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| Title | La Fuite et le Retour |
| Creator | Anonymous |
| Place of Publication | [France -- Paris] |
| Date | [1815] |
| Caption Text | Caption on image :
La Fuite et le Retour (The Flight and the Return)
Déposé à la Direction (Passed by the French censor)
Dialogue and signage :
[above horses on left] charge de la cavalerie Royale du duc de B.. (charge of the Royal cavalry of the Duke of Berry)
[above Major Cugnac's sword] Le Major de Cugnac (The Major of Cugnac)
[Banner held by Major Cugnac] Passe-port de LONDRE pour Paris, bon pour un an (Passport from London for Paris, good for a year)
Je vais le tuer ou le ramener en cage (I will kill him or bring him back in a cage)
[Banner carried by monks] avant-garde de l'inquisition on nous a appelés trop tard (The vanguard of the Inquisition [but] they have called us too late)
[Next to monks] Jésuites stupéfaits (Stupified Jesuits)
[Above crowd] allégresse du peuple et des invalides (Elation of the people and of the wounded)
[Above Napoleon's head] Je ne veux que la paix (I only want peace)
[Above flowers] Chœur des dames C'est ce qui nous console (Choir of women, it's they who console us)
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| Historical Notes | In a wooded area, we see at the left the "charge" of the royal cavalry of the Duke de Berry, which is actually in hasty retreat. Napoleon approaches from the right, carrying an olive branch, followed by his generals and the Imperial Guard. Napoleon announces he "only wants peace", which causes elation in the people who line the road. In the foreground, the armed Jesuits sneak away dismayed, led by the Major de Cugnac who says "I'm going to kill him or bring him back in a cage." The Jesuits carry a banner identifying themselves as the vanguard of the Inquisition, who have been called too late; otherwise, they could have prevented the return of Napoleon. But the hatred and fanaticism were without effect: with Napoleon's return, the nobility and clergy were forced back into exile abroad. Thus, the document in Cugnac's hands that claims to be a passport for travel from London to Paris for a year is outdated. But the fact that Napoleon's supporters include the faithful war wounded makes him equally the butt of the caricaturist's critique.
Reference source: Arenenberg catalog, #257.
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| Publishing Notes | Published in spring 1815.
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Jesuits--France
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP81 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F49 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 26 x 39 cm. on sheet 29 x 42 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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