A war of images: Political cartoons of Louis XVIII, Napoleon and France in1815

This subject, an important aspect of cultural history as well as the histor y of political images, examines the struggle between the imperial power of Napoleon I and Louis XVIII, by studying political caricatures produced duri ng the years 1814 and 1815. Many political symbols proceed from the old reg ime culture, others belong to the revolutionary times but there is a novelt y, the "eteignoir," an old fashioned cap, pointing out the darkness of the restored Bourbon monarchy. Finally, France is the great victim of these roy al struggles.