Caption

Napoleon in a boot, 1813, cartoon, print, Caricature of Napoleon in a boot, 1813. With four-line caption., printmaker, Netherlands, paper, etching, height 145 mm x width 102 mm, Person, Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), political caricatures and satires, military clothing and other equipment (uniforms, cap, armor, helmet, etc.), boots, Napoleonic Wars, Period, A tall boot drawn in a stippled engraving style with a human head and shoulders emerging from the top, the head in profile wearing a bicorn hat and a high-collared military coat with an epaulette, the boot rendered with dense crosshatching and standing on a simple ground line with short tufts of grass, the background a worn paper with stains, creases, and smudges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B45_425

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52.2Mb (10.1Mb) / 11.4in x 17.8in / 3416 x 5339 (300dpi)

Keywords

Napoleon boot 1813 cartoon print Caricature four-line caption printmaker Netherlands paper etching height 145 mm x width 102 mm Person Napoleon I Emperor French political caricatures satires military clothing equipment uniforms cap armor helmet etc boots Napoleonic Wars Period tall boot drawn stippled engraving style human head shoulders emerging top head profile wearing bicorn hat high-collared military coat epaulette boot rendered dense crosshatching standing simple ground line short tufts grass background worn paper stains creases smudges