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Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck. – Historic Reproduction

Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck., London : Published by S.W. Fores, 1797 March 12. — historic print
Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck., London : Published by S.W. Fores, 1797 March 12.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Here the satire turns on a scene that never took place. This British hand-colored etching, published by S.W. Fores in London in March 1797, shows Bonaparte receiving an audience in state at Rome. In reality, Napoleon was campaigning in northern Italy that spring, and the Papal States had just signed the Treaty of Tolentino in February 1797, surrendering territory and money to France. The print would have struck viewers as a jab at how thoroughly the French general had humbled the papacy, reducing the pope's authority to a backdrop for the conqueror.

Created / publishedLondon : Published by S.W. Fores, 1797 March 12.
Medium1 print : etching, hand-colored.
GenreCartoons (Commentary) British 1790-1800.Etchings Hand-colored 1790-1800.
NotesForms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8997
SubjectsNapoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821. Popes--1790-1800. France--History--First Republic, 1792-1804.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,667 × 3,826 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219686

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