File:La Consultation (NAPOLEON 91).jpg

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Français : La Consultation   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Frédéric Dubois
Title
Français : La Consultation
Description
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On April 22, 1815, the Empire adopted an amendment to the constitution called the "Acte additionale", which is mocked in this caricature. Napoleon sits in a chair decorated with bees, symbol of his Empire. His head is thrown back, and his crown is falling off. His left arm hangs toward the ground, the index finger pointing to the constitutional scroll on the floor. Napoleon asks how Cambacérès finds his "state" (a play on words, since state means both condition and, when capitalized, the government). Cambacérès, taking Napoleon's pulse, says it can't last because he has a "very bad constitution" (another play on words). The use of these two double entendres make it clear that the consultation is about the survival of the Empire, not the Emperor. Cambacérès was known to oppose the Acte Additionale.

  • Geographic coverage: France
  • Subjects (LCSH): Political cartoons; History--Caricatures & cartoons; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Cambacérès, Jean Jacques Régis de, 1753-1824
Date 1815
date QS:P571,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 26 x 19 cm. on sheet 34 x 22 cm.
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
91
Place of creation Paris
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La Consultation

Dialogue and signage:
[Napoléon] Cher cousin, comment trouvez-vous mon état?
[Cambacérès] Sire, il ne peut pas durer, Votre Majesté a une trop mauvaise constitution!

[Scroll on floor] Acte additionnel aux Constitutions de l'Empire
[La Consultation

Dialogue and signage:
[Napoléon] Dear cousin, how do you find my condition?
[Cambacérès] Sire, it can't last, Your Majesty's constitution is too bad.

[Scroll on floor] Additional Act to the Empire's Constitution]
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English: Napoleonic Period Collection
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The drawing was published in May 1815. Dépot légal August 18, 1815. It also appears in the De Vinck collection,(# 9527-9528, at the Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris).
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Anonymous
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NAP45
UW Reference Number
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F12

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