2-750-828 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Caricature of Napoleon, 1779, (1921). 'Caricature faite à Brienne, sur une page d'atlas, par un camarade de Bonaparte. Legende: "Bonaparte, cours, vole au secours de Paoli pour le tirer des mains de ses ennemis"'. Drawing of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) by a fellow pupil at the military academy at Brienne-le-Château, France. He is being 'ridden' by Corsican patriot Pascal Paoli, and the text alludes to the 'enthusiastic feelings for Paoli which Napoleon displayed despite his youth'. From "Napoleon", by Raymond Guyot. [H. Floury, Paris, 1921]