Election promises and a play on words with the name of General Mortier, which means mortar. The phrase had been coined by Napoleon I. Medals and honours were freely distributed before election time. The government is represented as a gunner (who is really King Louis-Philippe) firing a mortar. The mortar is firing pensions, decorations and food to assault the voters. One year later, Mortier was killed in the assassination attempt of Fieschi on July 28, 1835.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
Published in: La Caricature, December 12, 1834.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
