Napoleon crushed under a hexagonal block, Caricatures of the defeats of the French in 1813, cartoon, print, historical print, On a carpet with the map of Europe, Napoleon lies crushed under a hexagonal block with the letters: NAB. The French eagle is heavily battered by the bad weather. The French soldiers try to take shelter from lightning being carried off them. Reference to the defeats of the French troops at Moscow and Leipzig., printmaker: Hermanus Fock, Amsterdam, 1813, paper, etching, height 88 mm x width 102 mm, Battle of Leipzig, Period, A monochrome line drawing shows a large tilted wooden box or cart resting on a wheel with a person lying face down beneath it and a standing figure nearby holding a tall pole with a leafy top; three figures are bent over near the left edge working with long beams and small blocks, and a bird perches on a branch above a gnarled tree against a sky with cloud shapes and diagonal streaks.
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Napoleon crushed under a hexagonal block, Caricatures of the defeats of the French in 1813, cartoon, print, historical print, On a carpet with the map of Europe, Napoleon lies crushed under a hexagonal block with the letters: NAB. The French eagle is heavily battered by the bad weather. The French soldiers try to take shelter from lightning being carried off them. Reference to the defeats of the French troops at Moscow and Leipzig., printmaker: Hermanus Fock, Amsterdam, 1813, paper, etching, height 88 mm x width 102 mm, Battle of Leipzig, Period, A monochrome line drawing shows a large tilted wooden box or cart resting on a wheel with a person lying face down beneath it and a standing figure nearby holding a tall pole with a leafy top; three figures are bent over near the left edge working with long beams and small blocks, and a bird perches on a branch above a gnarled tree against a sky with cloud shapes and diagonal streaks.

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Napoleon crushed under hexagonal block Caricatures defeats French 1813 cartoon print historical print carpet map Europe Napoleon lies letters Nab French eagle heavily battered bad weather French soldiers try take shelter lightning carried off them Reference French troops Moscow Leipzig printmaker Hermanus Fock Amsterdam paper etching height 88 mm x width 102 mm Battle Period monochrome line drawing large tilted wooden box cart resting wheel person lying face down beneath standing figure nearby holding tall pole leafy top three figures bent near left edge working long beams small blocks bird perches branch gnarled tree sky cloud shapes diagonal streaks

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