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| Title | Vie Et Prouesses de Napoléon Le Petit |
| Alternative Title | The Life and Achievements of Napoléon Le Petit |
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| Description | This is a political caricature related to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 or the Paris Commune of 1871. Lith. Butot Jne. Pas du Caire, 72.74 |
| Caption | Caption (English translation): "With bloody hands, Charles-Louis-Napoleon Le Petit comes into the world.// All short and stocky, he lets himself be beaten by his classmates.// He is called a coward and says he will be emperor.// In Rome, he was made ??chief of brigands to rob/plunder the pope.// In Strasbourg, he tries to overthrow Louis-Philippe in the name of the Empire.// In Switzerland, he is naturalized citizen/he is granted citizenship.// In London, he went into partnership with two notorious crooks to steal the goods of the British Exchequer.// He landed at Boulogne with a live eagle and himself shouting: Long live the Emperor.// He was captured and imprisoned in the Ham fortress.// He escaped from prison in the clothes of the mason Badinguet.// A refugee in England, he married Eliza Howard, an oyster seller/woman.// Elected President of the French Republic, he swore the Constitution with great emphasis.// He paid his many creditors with the lottery of the gold ingots.// To cover the pillage of his supporters he organized the coup d’état.// To better ensure the success he ordered massive shootings.// To reward his accomplices he stole 25 million from the Bank of France.// He extorted the vote of Emperor (?); peasants naively believed that it was Napoleon returned from St. Helene.// Rejected by all the royal houses, he offered his hand to an adventuress, the Spanish Eugenie.// The new wife slapped the bigamist, when caught with Elisa, the oyster woman.// After Solferino, he weeped over the battlefield, and signed a hasty peace.// The great Mexican speculation snapped, he left Maximilian be shot/executed.// At Sarrebuck, he gives the baptism of fire to little Louis with a bowl of punch.// He was afraid in Sedan; he gave up as a traitor, and in tears, asked the King of Prussia for a castle in Germany.// At Wilhelmshöhe, Napoleon Le Petit foolishly dreams about the lost throne, while smoking a cigarette." |
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| Language | French |
| Physical Description | Lithograph |
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| Original Item Location | Drawer 4, Item 534 a. |
| Original Collection | Alvin Romansky Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune Caricatures |
| Digital Collection | Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune Caricatures |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/roman |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | This item is in the public domain and may be used freely. |
| File Name | roman_201203_513.jpg |