Title
'The Giant and the Dwarf', 1859. Artist: Unknown
Caption
'The Giant and the Dwarf', 1859. Bravo, My little fellow! You shall do all the Fighting, and we'll divide the Glory! Napoleon III, dressed casually in an embroidered gown, looks condescendingly down upon the diminutive Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia. Initially, after Napoleon had gone to Italy's aid, he had won victories at Magenta and Solferino. However, although the Austrians had some 15,000 men dead and wounded, the cost was high enough to the French, and Napoleon was aware of the risk to his dynasty if he were to die when his only son was still little more than a baby. Mr Punch therefore rather cynically suggests that he should hang up his sword having put Italy well on track towards ridding herself of the Austrian yoke. From Punch, or the London Charivari, June 11, 1859.
Date
1859
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector
Reference
HRM19A89_050
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
53,8Mb (2,9Mb) / 12,2in x 17,1in / 3666 x 5126 (300dpi)