Colored satin engraving: "Ils viennent se bruler à la chande - Lot 77

Colored satin engraving: "Ils viennent se bruler à la chandelle" ("They come to burn themselves by candlelight"), marked "chambre haute" ("upper chamber") on the top left and "chambre basse" ("lower chamber") on the bottom left. It depicts Emperor Napoleon with a torch in his right hand, holding in his left hand a document marked: "Discours aux deux chambres - Indépendance - Liberté" (Speech to the two chambers - Independence - Liberty). Around him are the heads of characters flying with bat wings, the Emperor stands on a mound with bones and below, near a rock, the various characters of the upper chamber, still flying with bat wings, framed in gold; 41 x 28 cm. Late First Empire period; Good condition