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.
Propaganda techniques used in this print
- Date
- August 17, 1802
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Aaban, print publisher, Paris (after Louis-Leopold Boilly; engraved by Charles Levachez; review scene by Duplessis-Bertaux)
Full record
Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- French Consulate
- Leader
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Elections and party politics
- Event
- French Consulate
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, 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.
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.
