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 sideways portrait of a man formed from a map, showing a profile with a hooked nose, pronounced brow, and textured skin marked by circular raised patterns; he wears a dark bicorne hat with a small round eye-like detail on its side and dark hair beneath, a high collar in deep red, and a green coat whose surface sho...
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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 sideways portrait of a man formed from a map, showing a profile with a hooked nose, pronounced brow, and textured skin marked by circular raised patterns; he wears a dark bicorne hat with a small round eye-like detail on its side and dark hair beneath, a high collar in deep red, and a green coat whose surface shows map-like shapes and a star-shaped rosette; a pale gloved hand rests on his shoulder, and the background is plain 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 sideways portrait man formed map showing profile hooked nose pronounced brow textured skin marked circular raised patterns wears dark bicorne small round eye- detail side dark hair beneath high collar deep red green coat surface map- shapes star-shaped rosette pale gloved hand rests shoulder background plain off-white

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