The United States asked for reparation payments amounting to 25 million francs to cover the damages caused by the sea blockade of Napoléon I. On April 1, 1834 the French National Assembly refused all payments. Consequently US President Jackson threatened to confiscate French property in the States. Promptly the French Government ceased diplomatic relations with America. Shortly after, the requested amount was forwarded to the USA. This lithograph depicts French deputies who are giving some money to a dog; it represents Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers, President of France, begging for the funds to pay the United States. The dog is kept on a leash by a poor beggar, representing Louis-Philippe I. On his bag is written "Bank of Amsterdam" and "Bank of America".
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
1st state.
Published in: La Caricature, February 5, 1835
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
