Introduction of Citizen Volpone & His Suite, at Paris.–Vide, The Moniteur, & Cobbetts Letters 1802

This hand-colored etching by British artist James Gillray, titled *Introduction of Citizen Volpone & His Suite, at Paris.–Vide, The Moniteur, & Cobbetts Letters* (1802), is a satirical cartoon depicting a scene of a French political figure. The cartoon is a critique of French politics at the time, and it shows a French revolutionary leader, Citizen Volpone, being introduced to a group of people who are fawning over him. This artwork can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Gillray's satirical work used caricature to expose the hypocrisies and absurdities of political figures in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.