The print shows Minister Soult as a choir boy carrying a candle. His face is one of a sly untrustworthy trickster, relentlessly following his own beliefs. Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult (1769-1851) was Minister of War, Prime Minister, Duke of Dalmatia and Marshal under Napoléon I. His coat of arms showed the cross (connection to the church), the cockade (revolutionary activities), the hat (Napoleon) and the lily (the Bourbon kings). Soult managed to occupy prime positions in all governments.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, February 23, 1833
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
