English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 1 (of 2)Ashton, John
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English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 1 (of 2)
Ashton, John
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Caricatures and cartoons
To our dearly beloved brother _Jerome_, we bequeath, _in
petto_, the sovereignty of the seas, with our minister of
Marine, and all the admirals of our navy, doubting, however,
if their united efforts will make him a good midshipman.
To our dearly beloved _Mother_, we give and bequeath his
Holiness, the _Pope_, and our uncle, Cardinal _Frere_[79];
with a Pope, and a Cardinal, in her possession, her stay in
purgatory must be short, and in Heaven long.
To our dearly beloved sisters, Mistresses _Bacchiocchi_,
_Murat_, _Santa Cruce_, and _Le Clerc_, we give and bequeath
our family honours, chastity, modesty, and moderation.
To our dear son in law, _Eugenius Beauharnais_, we give and
bequeath _Parma_ and _Plaisance_,[80] with our dear countryman
_Sebastiani_, who will instruct him to drive like a coachman,
and ride like a postillion.
To our much beloved daughter in law, Madame _Fanny
Beauharnais_, as a reward for her loyalty, we bequeath a
representation, in wax, of the scaffold of her father, and
the throne of her mother, both designed by the revolutionary
modellers, _Barras_ & Co.
To our dear uncle, Cardinal Frere,[79] we give and bequeath the
triple crown of St. Peter, _in petto_, and to all our nameless
known and unknown relatives, we give and bequeath the kingdom
of _Etruria_, to be disposed of to the highest bidder, and its
value laid out in mourning rings, to be equally distributed
amongst them, and certain Continental Princes hereinafter
mentioned.
We give and bequeath to our dear friend the King of _Spain_, an
Etrurian mourning ring, and four family pictures, representing
the Bourbons dethroned, the Bourbons degraded, the Bourbons
repenting, and the Bourbons forgiven.
We give and bequeath to the King of _Naples_, three marble
statues, after a model by his Queen, representing Faith,
Loyalty, and Constancy; and to the Kings of _Sardinia_, we
bequeath our promises of honour, to be equally divided between
them.
We give and bequeath to his Holiness the _Pope_, the doctrines
of the Goddess of Reason, the Alcoran of Mahomet, and the
atheism of our Institute; all true relics; besides, to
himself, his successors, and College of Cardinals, we bequeath
concordant mourning rings, from the manufactory of our
Counsellor of State _Portalis_.[81]
We give and bequeath to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of
_Germany_, two drawings, representing Hope amongst the ruins
of _Turkey_, and Desire contemplating _Bavaria_, designed by
Citizen _Dupe_, and sold by Citizen _Plot_.
We give and bequeath to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of
_Russia_, three pictures, representing Louis XVI. upon the
Throne, Louis XVI. in the Temple, and Louis XVI. upon the
Scaffold; by Citizens _Loyalty_, _Monarchy_, and _Warning_.
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