Le Duel à Mort Size:Large: 7 x 5in 'A Morning Concert'

'A Morning Concert'

This cartoon relates to his 1885 Budget

In full hunting rig

whilst beside him his family grieves their loss

leaving the Bank of England with two sacks

Le Duel à Mort Size:Large: 7 x 5in 'A Morning Concert''Le Duel Mort', 1869. In an effort to stem the rising tide of his unpopularity, Napoleon III had relaxed press censorship in France. This led to a number of republican journals making their appearance and battle lines were drawn between these and the Orleanist faction. This cartoon shows a representative of each slugging it out whilst perilously balanced on the top of a tall gibbet with the nooses already around their necks. One or other would fall to