Les Tours de Force--en 1812

Hand-colored etched caricature by and after G.....; ' Print shows a man, identified in the hand-written inscription beneath the image as Lasary, standing on the body of a man, identified as Pasquier, doing a back bend, on the left stands a clown labeled "Bouffe la Balle", identified as Hulin, the governor of the "Maison de Force ...", and on the right stand three generals, identified as "Mallet", i.e., Malet, "Lahorie", and "Guidal", playing musical instruments and Malet holding a banner "Il ya de quoi rire Cavarie tous les Jours." In the background is seen the front of the prison of La Force' -- Library of Congress Hand-colored etched caricature by and after G.....; ' Print shows a man, identified in the hand-written inscription beneath the image as Lasary, standing on the body of a man, identified as Pasquier, doing a back bend, on the left stands a clown labeled "Bouffe la Balle", identified as Hulin, the governor of the "Maison de Force ...", and on the right stand three generals, identified as "Mallet", i.e., Malet, "Lahorie", and "Guidal", playing musical instruments and Malet holding a banner "Il ya de quoi rire Cavarie tous les Jours." In the background is seen the front of the prison of La Force' -- Library of Congress Upright folio, matted; plate mark, top margin trimmed; clean. title: LES TOURS DE FORCE. en 1812. sign: MAISON DE FORCE DU...LA SEINE banner: Il ya de quoi rire, Cavarie tous les Jours. banner: BOUFFE LA BALLE label: a Mr.... number: 2 caption: Deposé à la Direction de l'Imprimerie Royale.