The constitutional monarchy created by the July Revolution of 1830 had placed a distant cousin from the House of Orléans on the French throne, an arrangement supported more by the liberal bourgeoisie than by royalists. This image would appear to comment ironically on the reinvention of monarchical icons of rule, something I cannot evaluate more broadly. But there is one element that does concern us, the giant clystère at center left, a syringe suitable for enemas. (Not the first time we have encountered this.) Paris was struggling with the worst of the second cholera pandemic at the time, so it remains for me to understand more precisely why this epidemic icon was incorporated in this satirical image. (La Caricature, Paris, 1831)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 