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The day of reckoning for the Corsican butcher

Artist: GILLRAY James (1757-1815)

Date: 1803

Technique: Etching with aquatint

Dimensions : H. 0.315 m; W. 0.313 m

Place:Rueil-Malmaison, National Museum of the château de Malmaison

Subjects: Bonaparte (First Consul), Caricature, Europe

Key words: satire, coutelas, hache, animaux, Europe, Suisse, Hollande, Prusse, Allemagne, Russie, Angleterre

Credits: Fondation Napoléon

Notes:

Les pays européens sont figurés sous la forme d'animaux dont
certains sont déjà saignés.

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