Cartoon of Napoleon, 1814 where his face is made up of the corpses of his victims, his hat is the Prussian eagle, his epaulette is a grasping hand whose fingers bear rings with the letters A, R, P and S 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 spider's web At the time of his exile to Elba In the caption a six-line statement in English, Cartoon on Napoleon, 1814 Governor of the Island of Elba , print maker: John Kay, (mentioned on object), England, 1814, paper, etching, h 168 mm × w 97 mm


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