Funcking the Corsican

Caricatured Dutchmen and other types crowd around Napoleon and blow billows of smoke from long, thin handled pipes. Napoleon, ringed by this smoke, balances on a barrel labeled "Real Hollands Geneva." From his precarious position, he addresses his antagonists with empty threats; the contents of the cask threaten to spill out, and he is on the brink of falling in himself. Caricatured Dutchmen and other types crowd around Napoleon and blow billows of smoke from long, thin handled pipes. Napoleon, ringed by this smoke, balances on a barrel labeled "Real Hollands Geneva." From his precarious position, he addresses his antagonists with empty threats; the contents of the cask threaten to spill out, and he is on the brink of falling in himself. Published by Robert Ackermann, 1813-12-06. British Museum, BM 12114. Mary George notes that this image is 'one of the many satires on the consequences of Leipzig and Wellington's victories, the subject being the defections of Napoleon's former vassals.' Caption: Pubd December 6th 1813 by R. Ackermann No 101 Strand Dialogue: Napoleon: "Oh you base Traitors and Deserters. Eleven Hundred thousand Lads of Paris shall roast every one of you alive, as soon as they can catch you!" Printed Signature: Thomas Rowlandson, delt. Labels: "Dutch Cheese," "Crimp Cod- Dutch Herrings," "Tobacco Pouch," "Success to His Serene Highness," "Dutch Drops," "Brown Stout."