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Ah! Papa, les belles bulles de Savon que tu as faites
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| Title | Ah! Papa, les belles bulles de Savon que tu as faites |
| Creator | Anonymous |
| Place of Publication | [France -- Paris] |
| Date | [1814] |
| Caption Text | Caption on image:
Ah! Papa, les belles bulles de Savon que tu as faites! (Oh, Papa, you've made beautiful soap bubbles!)
Dialogue and signage:
[Interior of bubbles] Rome, Pologne (Poland), Espagne (Spain), Suisse (Switzerland), Westphalie (Westphalia), Hollande (Holland), Italie (Italy), Grand Empire.
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| Historical Notes | Napoleon, sitting on a low stool, creates seven soap bubbles, each representing a territory he has annexed to the Empire through military conquest. The bubbles are symbolic of the ephemeral and illusory nature of his Empire. A bowl of soap solution is overturned at his feet. The implication? He won't be making more bubbles.
Reference source: Clerc #37.
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| Publishing Notes | According to Clerc, the drawing was published in June 1814. Also found in the De Vinck collection, tome 68, folio 60,(#9008) and in the Collection de l'histoire de France, Qb1, 20 avril 1814.
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP25 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F25 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 25 x 17 cm. on sheet 25 x 19 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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