Napoleon in the rat trap, 1813, Wijnand Esser (possibly), 1813, Cartoon on Napoleon after the lost battle of Leipzig in 1813. The emperor is caught like a rat in a trap. The bait used to lure Napoleon into the trap is an orange apple with the inscription 'on him I was far lecherous'. With four-line caption., draughtsman: Wijnand Esser, (possibly), 1813, paper, pen, brush, h 328 mm × w 245 mm

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