Liberté des cultes

Hand-colored copper-engraved caricature; shows Napoleon Bonaparte holding paper labeled "Libertie des Cults" in his right hand and gesturing with his raised left hand toward the eternal pyramid, with its beaming rays, and standing before a group of religious figures representing various denominations and ethnicities. Includes a numbered key "Explication" identifying the figures: 1. Buonaparte; 2. Mahométan; 2. Evêque Catelique; 3. Idolâtre des Indes; 4. Evêque Gréc; 5. Méxiquain; 6. Bonze, Prêtre Chinois; 7. Juif; 8. le Pape; 9. Ministre Protestant; 10. Quaker. Hand-colored copper-engraved caricature; shows Napoleon Bonaparte holding paper labeled "Libertie des Cults" in his right hand and gesturing with his raised left hand toward the eternal pyramid, with its beaming rays, and standing before a group of religious figures representing various denominations and ethnicities. Includes a numbered key "Explication" identifying the figures: 1. Buonaparte; 2. Mahométan; 2. Evêque Catelique; 3. Idolâtre des Indes; 4. Evêque Gréc; 5. Méxiquain; 6. Bonze, Prêtre Chinois; 7. Juif; 8. le Pape; 9. Ministre Protestant; 10. Quaker. Upright folio, matted; margins trimmed close; clean. Newport, Hoffman sale, 1944.