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[edit]The Grand Coronation Procession of Napoleone the 1st, Emperor of France, from the Church of Notre Dame, Decr 2d 1804
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Print made by: James Gillray
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Title |
The Grand Coronation Procession of Napoleone the 1st, Emperor of France, from the Church of Notre Dame, Decr 2d 1804 |
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English: Napoleon and Josephine are in the centre of an elaborate processional design. Individuals and groups are identified by eleven captions in the lower margin. The background is formed of close ranks of French soldiers, with a forest of caps, spears, pikes, and banners receding in perspective. The front row, facing the procession, are grenadiers at attention with bayoneted muskets, the letter 'N' in front of their bearskins. They are in shadow; those behind Napoleon are obscured by dense clouds of smoke from a censer; next them (l.) grenadiers blow trumpets and French horns. The procession is led, as by a drum-major, by the posturing and theatrical figure of 'His Imperial Highness Prince Louis-Buonaparte Marbœuf - High Constable of the Empire' [Marbeuf was his godfather] on the extreme right. He wears tight-fitting archaic dress, with a feathered coronet, a cloak trailing from one shoulder, buskins, and sabre. He carries a tall staff surmounted by a fleur-de-lis. Next come 'The Three Imperial Graces, viz. Thier Imp. Highs Princess Borghese [Pauline], Princess. Louis (cher amie of ye Emperor) & Princess Joseph-Bonaparte' [Hortense and Julie] - three slim young women, very scantily draped, scatter roses. All wear feathered coronets with long snaky curls on their shoulders; they resemble the sisters of Napoleon in BMSat 10072. The ground (l. to r.) is strewn with the flowers they have scattered. Next walks 'Madame Talleyrand (ci devant Mrs Halhead the Prophetess conducting the Heir Apparent in ye Path of Glory'. A grossly fat woman leads by the hand the little Napoleon-Charles, son of Louis (b. 10 Oct. 1802). The child goose-steps arrogantly, holding out a sceptre in his left hand. He is dressed much like his father, but with the addition of a ribbon and star. Mme Talleyrand wears a feathered coronet and an enormous nosegay; she holds a fan on which is a goat. This, and her patched face, indicate her dissolute past. Slightly behind her, and on her right., hobbles 'Talleyrand-Perigord. - Prime Minister & King at Arms bearing the Emperor's Geneology.' He is burlesqued, with a 'cheese-cutter' shin, and a r. foot supported by blocks under the shoe. On his left. shoulder he carries a framed genealogical tree, and hung to his person are crests and symbols in rectangular frames. Napoleon's family tree issues from 'Buone Butcher' and, passing through 'Buone Cuckold', terminates in 'Napoleone Emperor', which is crowned. The collateral branches are illegible, but one is followed by 'Hang'd'. The frames contain [1] Death on a white horse galloping across the globe. [2] The motto (from the 'Marseillaise') 'Allons Enfans . . . Patrie'; the design is hidden. [3] A shield on which is a crocodile (see BMSat 11057), with a crown for crest, and a tricolour flag. [4] An arm holding a dagger from which blood drips. [5] An eagle (or vulture) on a fleur-de-lis. Behind him walks 'His Holiness Pope Pius VII - conducted by his old Faithful Friend: - Cardinal Fesch, offering the Incense.' The Pope, using his cross as a staff and holding his tiara in his right. hand, is led forward by a little acolyte sheltering under his rightobe, and holding a lighted candle. The child holds a tricolour ribbon on which two large keys hang from the Pope's neck; a bland childish mask partly covers the grinning features of the Devil, who is also betrayed by cloven hoofs. The Pope is barefooted, and his eyes look furtively back towards the Emperor. Over his head Cardinal Fesch violently swings the censer, from which billow dense clouds of smoke; these curl over the imperial pair, and recede like a gloomy pall; they are inscribed: 'Les Addresses des Municipalities de Paris'; 'Les Adorations des Badauds'; 'Les Eloges des Courtisans'; 'Les Homage des Scelerets'; 'Les Homages des Canailles'; 'Les Admiration des Fous'; 'Les Congratulations des Grenouilles'; 'les Humilitè des Poltrons.'
Etching with hand-colouring |
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Depicted people | Representation of: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1805 date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.7312 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VIII, 1947) A travesty of the theatrical magnificence of the coronation and a fierce attack on the Empire, and the elevation to princely rank of Napoleon's relations. The scowl of Prince Louis reflects his rage at the choice of his son as Napoleon's successor. The canard relating to the Emperor and his step-daughter Hortense, which was broadcast by London newspapers is repeated. The elegant grace of Josephine and Mme Talleyrand is hideously burlesqued. The latter, who had been Talleyrand's mistress before he married her under pressure from Napoleon, had been married to G. F. Grand, of the East India Company, not to Halhed, the supporter of Brothers see BMSat 8655. Talleyrand became Grand Chamberlain of the Imperial Court on the proclamation of the Empire. This is the first appearance in these prints of his crippled foot, henceforth almost invariably introduced. Actually Josephine's train was borne by Julie and Hortense (wives of Joseph and Louis) and (resentfully) by Napoleon's three sisters. The humiliation of Pius VII is stressed, as is that of Prussia, Spain, and Holland by Napoleon's foreign policy. The three 'Republican Generals' named were among the fourteen made Marshals of France on the proclamation of the Empire, to secure their loyalty. Bernadotte and Augereau were suspected of Jacobinism, but Berthier was until 1814 Napoleon's chief-of-staff. Other generals were more outspokenly republican: Suchet, Saint-Cyr, and Macdonald (cf. BMSat 10109). Fouché and his secret police were an important part of the regime, and had recently been active in discovering the Cadoudal-Pichegru conspiracy; the guillotine, &c, reflects the execution of the conspirators (25 June 1804), recalling the scenes of the Terror. See also BMSats 10262, 10279, 10286; cf. BMSat 10247, &c. Grego, 'Gillray', p. 314 f. Wright and Evans, No. 294. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. Broadley, i. 225 f. Van Stolk, No. 5993. Reproduced, Grand-Carteret, 'Napoleon', p. 36 (folding pl.). |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-7312 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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