Details

Subject(s)

• Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century [Browse]
• Caricature [Browse]
• Anthropomorphism in art [Browse]
• Bears—Poland—Pultusk—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Monkeys—Poland—Pultusk—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• France. Armee—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Russia. Armiia—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Pultusk, Battle of, Pultusk, Poland, 1806—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Poland—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• France—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Russia—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815—Campaigns—Poland—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]

Notes

• Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
• Depiction: Caricature; Napoleonic War scene. French soldiers depicted as monkeys, Russian soldiers depicted as bears, Napoleon depicted as a rat.
• Unsigned.

Source acquisition

Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.

References

British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 10705 (attributes to Williams).

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