SET OF TWO ADVERTISING PLACARDS PRINTED IN ORLEANS... Lot 32
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SET OF TWO ADVERTISING PLACARDS PRINTED IN ORLEANS Passage of the Italian army. The municipal administration of Orléans to its fellow citizens. This advertisement signed by Jacob the elder in collaboration with the journalist and French diplomat Basseville testifies to the victories of General Bonaparte's armies in the face of the Italian provinces and calls on the city of Orléans to prepare itself for the enemy's intrusion and for the cohesion of its citizens: "The most flattering reward for an army that has triumphed over tyrants is to find, while travelling through the country it has defended, a people worthy of freedom, a people of brothers united by the feeling of love for their country. Dated 21 pluviose of the year six. Dim : 72.5 x 47.5 cm A.B.E. A second printed placard is attached : Speech of the Emperor to the Senate, in the session of the first Vendémiaire Year 14. " French, your Emperor will do his duty, my soldiers will do theirs & you will do yours ". "Published on Sunday 14 Vendemiaire Year XIV. A.B.E. Dim : 50 x 40.5 cm.
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