Caption

Triumph of the Year 1813, Caricature 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. 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., printmaker, Germany, paper, etching, engraving, hand coloring, etching and engraving, hand colored, height 123 mm x width 91 mm, Person, Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), political caricatures and satires, Napoleonic Wars, Period, A composite illustration shows a man's profile formed from varied elements: his head and hat are rendered with dark, textured shading and a birdlike eye, his facial features are made up of numerous small sculpted faces and wrinkled textures, a red collar encircles his neck, the torso area is depicted as a pale green map with segmented regions and radial lines, and a yellow gloved hand rests on the shoulder area of the map; the background is a light aged paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A96_239

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.9Mb (12.1Mb) / 12.4in x 17.5in / 3711 x 5264 (300dpi)

Keywords

Triumph Year 1813 Caricature Napoleon 1813 cartoon print face constructed corpses victims hat Prussian eagle epaulet grasping hand collar river blood coat battlefield Europe insignia Legion Honor chest spiderweb printmaker Germany paper etching engraving hand coloring hand colored height 123 mm x width 91 mm Person Napoleon I Emperor French political caricatures satires Napoleonic Wars Period composite illustration man's profile formed varied elements head rendered dark textured shading birdlike eye facial features up numerous small sculpted faces wrinkled textures red collar encircles neck torso area depicted pale green map segmented regions radial lines yellow gloved hand rests shoulder area map background light aged paper