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
- Made by
- Aaban, print publisher, Paris (after Louis-Leopold Boilly; engraved by Charles Levachez; review scene by Duplessis-Bertaux)
- 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
- Techniques
- Transfer
- 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
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.
