Description
- Abstract:
- Picture of Napoleon III in front a scale held by the statue of a woman. One tray of the scale is labeled Maintien de la constitution (maintaining the constitution) and is filled with paper ballots; the other side is labeled Prolongation de pouvoir (prolongation of power). The left arm of the statue is stopping Napoleon III from placing a bottle of champagne in the tray labeled: Prolongation de pouvoir. In the background a soldier is holding a flag with the inscription: 10 décembre.
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Citation
"Solution Jacquesson et cie.:
La France - voyons... ce n'est pas de jeu.... ne mettez donc rien dans la balance! ......
"
(1851).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86076/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
...The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.
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