Tribute to the Aristocracy
Coloured etching, anonymous (Italian), 1799
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

A doge of Venice and a patrician depicted as servile dogs observe a French soldier using the ducal cap as a loo to insult the aristocracy. Documents and books lie strewn on the ground, some reading 'unjust trials' and 'sentences against the innocent', with a scene of Venice in the background.