Der Universalmonarch

Broadley: 'Several varieties of this print...exist and it was also reproduced in Holland. Napoleon is sitting on a heap of human skulls marked 'Enghien,' 'Pichegru,' 'Hofer,' 'Schill,' etc, his feet resting on the 'Treaty of Tilsit,' 'Treaty of Lunéville,' etc, and behind him the 'Peace of Moscow' in flames. Berthier is kneeling before him in adoration; on his right a court official pours from a ewer marked 'Tears' into a cup which Bertrand offers him. On his left Folly personified flings crosses and orders to four persons in uniform. In the distance are burning cities and a river -- the Rhine, with a broken bridge marked 'Dresden Bridge, Defence of the Rhenish Confederation.' In the foreground are sacks inscribed 'Hessian treasure,' 'Austrian contributions,' 'Domain monies,' etc. In the sky are the eagles of Prussia, Austria, and Russia hurling their thunderbolts at him...' Broadley: 'Several varieties of this print...exist and it was also reproduced in Holland. Napoleon is sitting on a heap of human skulls marked 'Enghien,' 'Pichegru,' 'Hofer,' 'Schill,' etc, his feet resting on the 'Treaty of Tilsit,' 'Treaty of Lunéville,' etc, and behind him the 'Peace of Moscow' in flames. Berthier is kneeling before him in adoration; on his right a court official pours from a ewer marked 'Tears' into a cup which Bertrand offers him. On his left Folly personified flings crosses and orders to four persons in uniform. In the distance are burning cities and a river -- the Rhine, with a broken bridge marked 'Dresden Bridge, Defence of the Rhenish Confederation.' In the foreground are sacks inscribed 'Hessian treasure,' 'Austrian contributions,' 'Domain monies,' etc. In the sky are the eagles of Prussia, Austria, and Russia hurling their thunderbolts at him...' Broadley: 'unquestionably of German origin and design [but] published in London by Boydell on October 21, 1813, only three days after the crushing defeat of Napoleon at Leipzig.'