Cartoon of Napoleon, 1813, cartoon, print, Caricature of Napoleon from 1813 in which his face is constructed from the corpses of his victims, his hat is the Prussian eagle, his epaulet is a grasping hand whose fingers are his enemies and the wrist the All-Seeing Eye. The collar is a river of blood, his coat the battlefield of Europe and the insignia of the Legion of Honor on his chest is a spiderweb. A separate explanation accompanies the print., printmaker, publisher, Amsterdam, Netherlands, paper, etching, hand coloring, hand-colored etching, height 137 mm x width 90 mm, Person, Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), political caricatures and satires, Napoleonic Wars, Period, A side profile of a man wearing a tall black fur hat with a bird-shaped crest integrated into the hat, showing a red ringed eye, a hooked beak, and textured black feathers; the man's face is pale with pronounced nose and chin, marked with textured spots and blemishes, and he has short dark hair and a visible ear. H...
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Cartoon of Napoleon, 1813, cartoon, print, Caricature of Napoleon from 1813 in which his face is constructed from the corpses of his victims, his hat is the Prussian eagle, his epaulet is a grasping hand whose fingers are his enemies and the wrist the All-Seeing Eye. The collar is a river of blood, his coat the battlefield of Europe and the insignia of the Legion of Honor on his chest is a spiderweb. A separate explanation accompanies the print., printmaker, publisher, Amsterdam, Netherlands, paper, etching, hand coloring, hand-colored etching, height 137 mm x width 90 mm, Person, Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), political caricatures and satires, Napoleonic Wars, Period, A side profile of a man wearing a tall black fur hat with a bird-shaped crest integrated into the hat, showing a red ringed eye, a hooked beak, and textured black feathers; the man's face is pale with pronounced nose and chin, marked with textured spots and blemishes, and he has short dark hair and a visible ear. He wears a high red collar and a green coat decorated with a white star-shaped medal and ornamental red stripe, and a gloved hand rests on his shoulder with a patterned cuff and visible creases on the glove. The background is plain and off-white.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Cartoon Napoleon 1813 cartoon print Caricature face constructed corpses victims hat Prussian eagle epaulet grasping hand fingers enemies wrist -Seeing Eye collar river blood coat battlefield Europe insignia Legion Honor chest spiderweb separate explanation accompanies printmaker publisher Amsterdam Netherlands paper etching hand coloring hand-colored etching height 137 mm x width 90 mm Person Napoleon I Emperor French political caricatures satires Napoleonic Wars Period side profile man wearing tall black fur hat bird-shaped crest integrated showing red ringed eye hooked beak textured black feathers man's face pale pronounced nose chin marked textured spots blemishes short dark hair visible ear wears high red collar green coat decorated white star-shaped medal ornamental red stripe gloved hand rests shoulder patterned cuff visible creases glove background plain off-white

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