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title: 'Bonaparte, Premier Consul de la Republique Francaise: Revue du Quintidi (Boilly, Levachez, Duplessis-Bertaux)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bonaparte-premier-consul-revue-du-quintidi-1802/
description: A colour aquatint pairs an oval bust of Bonaparte, in a gold-embroidered red coat and framed by the lettering 'Bonaparte Premier Consul de la Republique…
section: Collection
---

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# Bonaparte, Premier Consul de la Republique Francaise: Revue du Quintidi (Boilly, Levachez, Duplessis-Bertaux)

A colour aquatint pairs an oval bust of Bonaparte, in a gold-embroidered red coat and framed by the lettering 'Bonaparte Premier Consul de la Republique Francaise', with a small view of troops drawn up in review before a domed palace pavilion. The tell is the layout: the man is placed above and framed by the army and the state's title, so that the authority of the review is carried onto his face.

- **Date:** August 17, 1802
- **Period:** [Pre-1914](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=pre-1914)
- **Made by:** Aaban, print publisher, Paris (after Louis-Leopold Boilly; engraved by Charles Levachez; review scene by Duplessis-Bertaux)
- **Region:** [Western and Central Europe](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=western-central-europe)
- **Country:** [France](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=france)
- **Medium:** [Print](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=print)
- **Issuer type:** [Corporation](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=corporation)
- **Regime:** [French Consulate](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=french-consulate)
- **Leader:** [Napoleon Bonaparte](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=napoleon-bonaparte)
- **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public)
- **Purpose:** [Persuade or win support](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=persuade-support)
- **Themes:** [War and the military](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=war-military), [Elections and party politics](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=elections-party-politics)
- **Event:** [French Consulate](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=french-consulate)
- **Techniques:** [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)
- **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- **Source:** [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2007685781/), retrieved September 29, 2026
- **Rights:** Public domain (published 1802, before 1931; LoC rights statement: No known restrictions on publication) Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, French Political Cartoon Collection, LC-DIG-ppmsca-15902

## Text on the object

Original (French) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE.

Duplessis-Bertaux aqua forti
Boilly Pinxit.
Levachez Sculpt.

Revue du Quintidi

Déposé à la Bibliothèque Nle. le 29 Thermidor An X.
A Paris, chez Aaban [partly legible] Editeur Rue St. Lazare Chaussée d'Antin N° 88.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
BONAPARTE FIRST CONSUL OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Duplessis-Bertaux, etched. Boilly, painted. Levachez, engraved. Review of the Quintidi. Deposited at the National Library on 29 Thermidor Year X. In Paris, at [publisher's name partly legible], publisher, Rue St. Lazare, Chaussee d'Antin, no. 88.
```

The publisher's name in the imprint is only partly legible (read as Aaban or Aaben) and is left as printed above with a caveat. Machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

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