An Act of Grace; Montalbert Pardons the Emperor Size:S: 40 x 30cm Paris defiant to the last

Paris defiant to the last

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Interior of the Society of Arts building

An Act of Grace; Montalbert Pardons the Emperor Size:S: 40 x 30cm Paris defiant to the last'An Act of Grace; Montalbert Pardons the Emperor', 1859. The story behind the cartoon is the trial of the Comte de Montalembert. The Comte had published a pamphlet called Un Debat sur l'Inde au Parlement Anglais in which he compared in unflattering terms French parliamentary procedures for debate with the superior ones of the British parliament. Napoleon was outraged. For this crime, Montalembert was found guilty, fined 3,000 francs and sentenced to