= A rare satirical print in Empire-style on the start of Napoleon Bonaparte as emperor and his ambitions. A robed figure personifying France is cutting off the wings of the double-headed eagle (representing the Austrian empire or Habsburg monarchy), on top a large pie filled with soldiers, placed on a table with a decoration of a crowned lion roasted above a fire with "Angleterre" above.

Guerard, N. (±1648-1719). "Chacun en a sa provision. L'epine au pied." Etching, 26,8x18,5 cm. (platemark), w. the address of Nicholas Guerard, Paris.

= Probably part of a series of 5 prints. IFF, 17th cent., vol. IV, p.94, no.61.

AND 2 other caricature/ satirical French prints