Democracy; - or - a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte

James Gillray’s Democracy; - or - a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte is a single-issue satirical comic from 1800, published by Humphrey. A sharp political cartoon in narrative form, it was written and illustrated entirely by Gillray, the era’s most celebrated caricaturist. The work matters as a vivid example of early sequential art used to skewer Napoleon’s rise, blending fierce wit with the visual storytelling that would influence the medium for centuries.