Exit libertè à la François!--or--Buonaparte closing the farce of Égalité, at St. Cloud near Paris

Napoleon, (r.), stoically commands his soldiers to attack the Council of Five Hundred using the ends of their bayonets. Unlike his soldiers, Napoleon is not grotesqued. Instead, Gillray has represented his profile with portrait-like accuracy. However, certain elements, such as Napoleon's uniform and the plumes on his hat, have been exaggerated to comic proportions. The brutish French soldiers, who crowd the right side of the sheet, have been endowed with thick, flabby lips, lantern jaws, and broad noses. They proudly wave a tri-color flag, upon which is written "Vive le Triumverate Buonaparte Seyes-Ducos." Additionally, a little drummer boy contributes to the melee by pounding on his drum labeled "Vive la Liberté." Members of the council are dressed alike, wearing long white robes tied with blue sashes and red capes. Panicked, they scramble over one another to escape by any means possible; in the background, several members can even be seen jumping out of the window. Napoleon, (r.), stoically commands his soldiers to attack the Council of Five Hundred using the ends of their bayonets. Unlike his soldiers, Napoleon is not grotesqued. Instead, Gillray has represented his profile with portrait-like accuracy. However, certain elements, such as Napoleon's uniform and the plumes on his hat, have been exaggerated to comic proportions. The brutish French soldiers, who crowd the right side of the sheet, have been endowed with thick, flabby lips, lantern jaws, and broad noses. They proudly wave a tri-color flag, upon which is written "Vive le Triumverate Buonaparte Seyes-Ducos." Additionally, a little drummer boy contributes to the melee by pounding on his drum labeled "Vive la Liberté." Members of the council are dressed alike, wearing long white robes tied with blue sashes and red capes. Panicked, they scramble over one another to escape by any means possible; in the background, several members can even be seen jumping out of the window. Published by Hannah Humphrey. Mary George notes that this caricature was created after reports of the coup d'état on 19 Brumaire (10 Nov.) reached the London papers around the 18th of November. 1799-11-21 Caption: London Publishd Novr 21st 1799. by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street Printed Signature: James Gillray inv. & fec.