From Top to Bottom, or Cause and Effect (Du haut en les causes et les effets), Elie, April 1814

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From Top to Bottom, or Cause and Effect (Du haut en les causes et les effets), April 1814, Etching, hand-colored, plate: 9 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. ( x cm), Prints, Elie (French, active 1813–1819), Published in Paris shortly after Napoleon’s abdication, this satire suggests that the emperor fell because he attempted to wage simultaneous campaigns on opposite sides of Europe. French armies had successfully invaded Spain in 1808 but soon encountered guerrilla resistance backed by British troops

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