Napoleon in bad, 1813, George Cruikshank, 1813 print Bartlepent on Napoleon, after his loss in the Battle of Leipzig, 1813. A desperate and tosing figure of Napoleon in a swatch tube is put by the allies in a bath with boiling hot water. The bath is heated by the flames of Moscow. On the left the Russian tsar Alexander I and John Bull, on the right a Russian Kozak pokes a hole in the arm of Napoleon for groaning, the blood is taken care of in a bowl by crown prince Bernadotte van Sweden. At the top, a Dutchman 'Dutch Drops' (small figures of armed Dutch and orange apples) pours on Napoleon's h
Napoleon in bad, 1813, George Cruikshank, 1813 print Bartlepent on Napoleon, after his loss in the Battle of Leipzig, 1813. A desperate and tosing figure of Napoleon in a swatch tube is put by the allies in a bath with boiling hot water. The bath is heated by the flames of Moscow. On the left the Russian tsar Alexander I and John Bull, on the right a Russian Kozak pokes a hole in the arm of Napoleon for groaning, the blood is taken care of in a bowl by crown prince Bernadotte van Sweden. At the top, a Dutchman 'Dutch Drops' (small figures of armed Dutch and orange apples) pours on Napoleon's head. A Spaniard kneels next to the bath. print maker: Englandpublisher: London paper etching tub-bath. bleeding, blood-letting, : with the aid of cupping-glasses. emotional illness, derangement, madness. unprofessional or illegal practice, popular medicine. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.
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