Nursing the spawn of a tyrant, or Frenchmen sick of the breed

The unruly infant King of Rome sits on the lap of his nurse. The heir raises a dagger menacingly at his nurse and holds a sphere as if about to launch it at her head. His nurse recoils in alarm; while she attempts to hold onto his body with her right hand, she must fend off his attack with her free left arm. In the struggle a bowl of pap has spilled onto the floor. The nurse has also kicked the young king's throne/chamber pot, and spills the copious contents onto the floor. The Pope, trembling and fearful, kneels at the right of the nurse's couch. He offers a chalice on which is inscribed "Composing Draught," and advises "Send him to his Grand Pappa as quick as possible." The head of another observer is visible between that of the Pope and the curve of the back of the couch. Napoleon is present to witness the scene. He stands at the right of the image and is shown peeking from behind the curtain. His face is contorted in anger and his hand clutches the drape; it would seem that he is angry not at the antics of his son, but with the remarks of the nurse and the Pope. In composition this scene is a travesty of traditional representations of the "Adoration of the Magi." Often such iconography was used in satires to indicate that Napoleon and his heir were infernal creations of a demonic plot. The unruly infant King of Rome sits on the lap of his nurse. The heir raises a dagger menacingly at his nurse and holds a sphere as if about to launch it at her head. His nurse recoils in alarm; while she attempts to hold onto his body with her right hand, she must fend off his attack with her free left arm. In the struggle a bowl of pap has spilled onto the floor. The nurse has also kicked the young king's throne/chamber pot, and spills the copious contents onto the floor. The Pope, trembling and fearful, kneels at the right of the nurse's couch. He offers a chalice on which is inscribed "Composing Draught," and advises "Send him to his Grand Pappa as quick as possible." The head of another observer is visible between that of the Pope and the curve of the back of the couch. Napoleon is present to witness the scene. He stands at the right of the image and is shown peeking from behind the curtain. His face is contorted in anger and his hand clutches the drape; it would seem that he is angry not at the antics of his son, but with the remarks of the nurse and the Pope. In composition this scene is a travesty of traditional representations of the "Adoration of the Magi." Often such iconography was used in satires to indicate that Napoleon and his heir were infernal creations of a demonic plot. Dialogue: Nurse: "There's no Condition sure so curst as mine Day and Night to dandle such a Dragon. The little Angry Cur snarls while it feeds. See how the Blood is settled in his Scarecrow Face, what brutal mischief sits upon his Brow, Rage and Vengence Sparkle in his Cheeks, the very spawn and spit of its Tyrant Father, nay now I look again, he is the very Picture of his Grandfather the Devil." Inscription: Pubd April 14th 1811 by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside. Plate Mark: 68