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| Title | T. donnant une leçon de Grace et de Dignité Impériale |
| Creator | [Elie] |
| Place of Publication | [France -- Paris] |
| Date | [ca. 1813] |
| Caption Text | T. donnant une leçon de Grace et de Dignité Impériale (T giving a lesson in grace and imperial dignity)
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| Historical Notes | The royalists (including Chateaubriand) spread the rumor that Napoleon took lessons in how to appear "majestic." The implication was that he needed to learn how to act in the royal courts, since he didn't belong to this social class. The artist shows him mimicking Talma's stance in a grotesque way. The revolutionary Pierre Alexandre Lemare echoed this mockery, saying: "What would Talma say to see me still walking like a civilian, me who took lessons of grace and imperial dignity?"
Reference source: Clerc No. 178. |
| Publishing Notes | Also appears in the De Vinck collection (#7959).
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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 | NAP59 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F27 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 24 x 14 cm. on sheet 27 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. |
