An Act of Grace; Montalbert Pardons the Emperor Size:S: 40 x 30cm Tony Brooks at a BARC

Tony Brooks at a BARC (British Automobile Racing Club) Members meeting at Goodwood

View of Bishopsgate

Paris defiant to the last

and the duke has a bottle in his pocket

An Act of Grace; Montalbert Pardons the Emperor Size:S: 40 x 30cm Tony Brooks at a BARC'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