Introduction of Citizen Volpone & His Suite, at Paris - 1802


First Consul Buonaparte...

 
This is a James Gillray cartoon that makes fun of the British people who rushed to Paris during the Peace of Amiens. Here a group is being presented to an over-dressed First Consul sitting upon an elaborate throne. On the far left is presumably Rustam, Napoleon's faithful Mameluke.

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