Memoirs of Buonaparte, his imperial family, great officers of state, & great military officers. An improved (being the 20th) edition.

Set in the format of a broadside, the text on this sheet is organized around an emblematic profile portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte. The profile bust is situated in the upper middle portion of the sheet and is comprised of corpses. Similarly, other features in the image are puzzled together; the hat is a crouching eagle, the uniform is made of a map, a spider web stands in for the medal of the Legion of Honor, and a hand clutches his shoulder in the service of an epaulet. The surrounding text is organized into the subject headings indicated in the title and includes a small "Description of the Hieroglyphic Portrait of Napoleon" in the lower right register. The text under the section headings lists names of important figures in the Imperial family and in Napoleon's government. Each name is followed by descriptions of their crimes as well as some biographical information. Set in the format of a broadside, the text on this sheet is organized around an emblematic profile portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte. The profile bust is situated in the upper middle portion of the sheet and is comprised of corpses. Similarly, other features in the image are puzzled together; the hat is a crouching eagle, the uniform is made of a map, a spider web stands in for the medal of the Legion of Honor, and a hand clutches his shoulder in the service of an epaulet. The surrounding text is organized into the subject headings indicated in the title and includes a small "Description of the Hieroglyphic Portrait of Napoleon" in the lower right register. The text under the section headings lists names of important figures in the Imperial family and in Napoleon's government. Each name is followed by descriptions of their crimes as well as some biographical information. Published by Smeeton (?), Spring, 1814. This sheet has been trimmed so that the author's and publisher's name no longer exists on the paper. The dates and other information given have been provided by Broadley. The image of Napoleon in profile has been adapted from an earlier type of composite portrait published by Volnay in Germany. Caption: Description of the Hieroglyphic Portrait of Buonaparte. The French Eagle, crouching, forms the chapeau en militaire: the Red Sea represents his throat, illustrative of his drowning armies: the visage, is formed of the carcases of the unhappy villains to his cruel ambition: the hand is judiciously placed as the epaulet, drawing the Rhenish Confederacy, under the flimsy symbol of the cob-web: and the spider is a symbolic emblem of the vigilance of the Allies! Text: The Imperial Family. Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of France second son of Carlo Buonaparte, greffier, or town-clerk of Ajaccio in Corsica: (his real father supposed to be Count Marboeuf, Governor of Corsica.) The greatest vagabond, and the worst public and private character, in ancient or modern history. According to General Dupont's statement, he commenced his career of murder at the age of sixteen, by poisoning a young woman, at Brienne, who was with child by him. Joseph Buonaparte, King of Spain, eldest son of Carlo Buonaparte, and clerk in an attorney's office at Marseilles, married Mademoiselle Clery, daughter of a woollen-draper at Marseilles, a man of a humane disposition, but of a timid, indecisive character. Lucien Buonaparte, third son of Carlo Buonaparte: his real father supposed to be Count Marboeuf, he exactly resembles Napoleon, as well in person as in disposition. He was usher to a reading school at Marseilles, and married an innkeeper's daughter, whom he is supposed to have poisoned; married, secondly, Madame Jaubertin, widow of an exchange broker, which occasioned the quarrel between the emperor and him, and obliged him to take refuge under British protection. Louis Buonaparte, late King of Holland, fourth son of Carlo Buonaparte; a young man of very humane good disposition, which has caused his disgrace with Napoleon, married Fanny de Beauharnois, daughter of the late Empress Josephine, by whom he has two sons, one of which is supposed to be Napoleon's. Jerome Buonaparte, King of Westphalia,fifth son of Carlo Buonaparte: a dissipated foolish young man, but not of a cruel disposition, married Miss Paterson, of Baltimore, whom Napoleon made him discard, to marry the Princess Frederica, eldest daughter of the King of Wirtemberg. Letitia Raniolini, Mother of the Imperial Father, a most notorious prostitute. At fifteen years of age, she had a child by a friar, after her marriage with Carlo Buonaparte, she was kept by Count Marboeuf, by whom she had Napoleon and Lucien. She afterwards kept a public brothel at Marseilles. Paulini Buonaparte, Princess Borghese, eldest sister of the Emperor, with whom she had incestrous intercourse. She ran away from her mother, at fourteen years of age, with a Corporal Cervoni; and, in 1796, was a common prostitute in Paris. Married, first, General Le Clere, who died in St. Domingo; secondly, the Roman Prince Borghese. Eliza Buonaparte, Grand Duchess of Florence,second sister of the Emperor, formerly apprentice to Madame Rambaud, milliner at Marseilles, was a prostitute at Marseilles. Married General Bacchiochi, formerly marker at a billiard table at Bastia, now Governor-general of the Grandy Duchy of Florence. Caroline Buonaparte, Queen of Naples, youngest sister of the Emperor, with whom, like her sister Paulina, she has had incestuous intercourse: she also has had a child by her brother Lucien. A more wicked women does not exist. She was originally an apprentice with Madame Rambaud, at Marseilles. Fesch, Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyons, uncle to Buonaparte; bred a priest, but turned jacobin and swindler, for which was banished Basle; became fourrier in the army, then commissaire de guerre; lived at Paris by gambling and every species of vice, til his pious nephew insisted on the wretch's return to the church, and made him Archbishop of Lyons, and a Cardinal!!! Eugene de Beauharnois, Viceroy of Italy, son of the late Empress Josephine: a man of a humane disposition, and of a tolerable character. Married Amelia Augusta, Princess of Bravaria. Fanny de Beauaarnois, late Queen of Holland, daughter of the late Empress Josephine; she is of an amiable disposition, and bears an excellent character. Married Louis Buonaparte, but had a child, previously, by her father-in-law, Napoleon. Joachim Murat, King of Naples,a most infamous sanguinary villain: son of an Inn-keeper at Cahors, in Provenc; himself originally a postillion, then scullion in the Prince of Condè's kitchen at Chontilly. Married Caroline Buonaparte. Stephanie de la Pagerie, Princess of Baden, niece to the late Empress Josephine: a most abandoned woman, lived with the French General, Boyer; had a child by one of the Mamelukes; and then the Hereditary Prince of Baden was compelled to marry her. Text: Great Officers of State. Cambeceres, Duke of Parma, Arch-chancellor of the Empire, a distinguished republican during the early period of the revolution, and the person who first proposed the oath of hatred to royalty, after the murder of Louis XVI. Le Brun, Duke of Piacenza, Arch-treasurer of the Empire, a distinguished republican, but at present a man of good character. Talleyrand de Perigord, Prine of Benevento, Vice Arch-chancellor of State, formerly Bishop of Autun, a man of a very ancient and noble family, and of the most distinguished talents, but excessively rich and avaricious. Fouche, Duke of Otranto, Governor of Rome, late minister of police, a man of very considerable abilities, but lately disgraced by Buonaparte, for resisting some of his absurd and cruel orders, particularly for the arrest of General Sarrazin. Champagny, Duke of Cadore, Minster of Foreign Affairs, formerly a Lieutenant in the Navy: a man of good disposition, but of slender abilities. Maret, Duke of Bassano, Secretary of State, son of a petty apothecary; a man of very little talent or information. Caulincourt, Duke of Vicenza, grand master of the Horse, decended from an ancient noble family in France. He is the officer who seized the Duke d'Enghien, and conducted him to be murdered at Vicennes. His borther, Count Caulincourt, was killed at Borodino, September 7, 1812. Duroc, Duke of Friuli, Grand Marshal of the Palace, a man of most excellent character and disposition, though of no talents. He was a remarkable handsome man, and a great favourite of the Emperor. Killed at the battle of Bautzen, May 21, 1813. Savary, Duke of Rovigo, Minister of Police, a most infamous villain; a common bravo, who, by Buonaparte's orders stabbed General Dessaix in the back, at the Battle of Marengo, and afterwards kidnapped the whole Royal Family of Spain: the person whom Buonaparte employs in all his secret murders, such as Pichegru's, Captain Wright's, &c. Text: Great Military Officers. Marshal Berthier, Prince of Neufchatel and Wagram, Vice-Constable of France, an officer of high rank in the most ancient French service, of a noble family, and of the most distinguished military talents, who has been the chief supporter of Buonaparte, and to whom all his principal victories may be attributed. Marshal Bernadotte, Prince of Ponte Corvo, elected Crown Prince of Sweden, formerly a private soldier of the French Guards: a man of good disposition, and never guilty of murder or robbery. Married Mademoiselle Clery, sister of the Queen of Spain. Marshal Massena, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli, formerly a serjeant in the King of Sardinia's army, from which he deserted. A skilful, enterprising officer, of a good character and disposition, but very avaricious. Marshal Davoust, Prince of Echmukl, Duke of Auerstadt, a man of infamous character: very cruel, and very avaricious. Marshal Augereau, Duke of Castiglione, a most infamous character: has been twice publicly whipped, burnt in the back, and sent to the gallies, as a common thief and housebreaker, and has deserted from almost every service in Europe. He is immensely rich; and considered the greatest plunderer of any of the Marshals of France. Marshal Moncey, Duke of Cornegliano, formerly a gentleman's servant: a man of indifferent character, and of no military talents. Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, has the reputation of one of the most skilful officers in the French service, formerly a common thief; then a private soldier, is excessively cruel and rapacious. The Duchess of Dalmatia was a common prostitute, at Sohlingen, in Westphaia. He swore allegiance to Louis, in 1814, and again to Buonaparte in 1815 -- a perjured wretch. Marshal Mortier, Duke of Treviso, was clerk to a merchant at Dunkirk, Mr James Bell, now of Angel Court, Throgmorton-street, London, who took him to Alicant at 25 [pounds] per annum; there he learnt the Spanish language, and behaved remarkably well; he then left his situation, at the beginning of the French Revolution, and went back to France, where he was made a serjeant in the National Guards: he has no military character, but committed great depredations in Hanover. The Duchess of Treviso is an inn-keeper's daughter. Marshal Ney, Prince of Moskwa, Duke of Elchingen, originally an ostler at a livery-stable in Paris, from whence he stole two horses, and ran away; he is still a robber in every particular; but has the reputation of an excellent officer. When Buonaparte abdicated his Crown in 1814, Ney left his master, and swore allegiance to Louis XVIII: and when Buonaparte again appeared in Paris in 1815, he deserted Louis and swore allegiance to Buonaparte, he is called Judas Ney, a most contemptable perjured wretch. The Duchess of Elchingen was debauched by Lucien Buonaparte, and is still a lady of pleasure. Marshal Bessieres, Duke of Istria, Commander of the Imperial Guard, was of an ancient family,and before the Spanish war, had an excellent character. Killed at the battle of Lutzen, May, 1813. Marshal Victor, Duke of Belluno, formerly a drummer in the old French service. Has the reputation of a good officer, but ready for any kind of villainy. Marshal Lefevre, Duke of Dantzig, formerly a private soldier in the old French service, afterwards a most notorious robber. He is a man of the lowest and most brutal manners, but a good officer. The Duchess of Dantzig was originally washerwoman to the barracks at Strasburgh. Marshal Kellerman, Duke of Valmy, formerly an officer in the old French service; a man of very little military reputation, and of an indifferent character. Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa, a gentleman of a very ancient family: one of the best officers in France, and bears an excellent character. Married the daughter of M. Perregaux, the great banker at Paris. Marshal Oudinot, Duke of Reggio, was originally the harlequin at his father's little theatre on the Boulevards at Paris; he has the reputation of an enterprising skilful officer, but is very cruel and rapacious. Marshal Macdonald, is of Scotch descent, and was an officer in the Irish Legion before the Revolution. Is reckoned a very able officer, and bears an excelllent character. Marshal Perignon, a gentleman of an ancient family, and an officer of rank in the old French service. Marshal Serrurier, an officer of rank in the old French service. Marshal Suchet, Duke of Albufera. Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr. Brune, late Marshal of France, originally a journeyman printer: a most infamous wretch; the identical person who carried the head and heart of the Princess Lamballe about the streets of Paris, in September, 1792. He has been disgraced and imprisoned by Buonaparte, and, in all probability, has long since been secretly murdered. Jourdan, late Marshal of France, a most distinguished officer, and bears a good character, but has been disgraced by Buonaparte, and erased from the list of Marshals of France. Reinstated in 1811, but again dismissed for the loss of the battle of Vittoria in June, 1813. General Junot, Duke of Abrantes, originally a livery servant, afterwards a grenadier of the French guards; a most sanguinary, cruel, and rapacious character, but a good officer. Died in June, 1813. General Sebastiani, Count of the Empire, a Corsican by birth, and a relation of the Imperial family; one of Buonaparte's confidential favorites, and of a blood-thirsty, cruel disposition; frequently employed in secret and murdering expeditions. General Hulin, Count of the Empire, Governor of Paris, a man whose wife took in washing: the leader of most of the massacres in Paris, since the Revolution, and who has been a swindler, coiner, robber, and murdererer. General Rapp, Count of the Empire, first Aid-de-Camp to the Emperor, originally a livery servant, then a private soldier but a man of good character and humane disposition. General Andreosi, Count of the Empire, descended from an ancient family: a man of considerable talents, and of a good disposition. General Vandamme, Count of the Empire, Commandant of Boulogne, a most cruel sanguinary villain: was condemned to the gallies, for robbery, at Cassel (where he was born,) but escaped: was cashiered by General Moreau for his infamous character, but restored by Buonaparte. Taken prisoner at Peterswalde, in Bohemia, August 30, 1813, and sent to Moscow.