NAPOLEON - PRINT Napoleon the Great re-establishes Israelite worship, May 30, 1806. Famous early 19th-century engraving by Couché fils (1782-1849), unsigned, in period print, showing the Emperor leaning with one hand on the laws given to Moses and holding out his other hand to a woman on the ground, symbolizing the synagogue he is about to raise. The text, entirely engraved in intaglio, ends with the following sentence: "The gratitude of the French Israelites has not been confined to simple demonstrations; they prove every day that they are worthy of the sovereign's favors by their attachment to his august person and their submission to his laws." (Light foxing and stains). 33.5 x 24.5 cm