Le Départ et le Retour

Hand-colored engraved caricature. 'Satire on the fall of Napoleon: Louis XVIII walks forward holding a spray of lilies while Napoleon behind, clutching vipers in his hands, falls as his stilts break under him. April 1814. The publication was announced in the 'Journal de Paris' of 20 April 1814, the day of Napoleon's departure from France' -- British Museum Hand-colored engraved caricature. 'Satire on the fall of Napoleon: Louis XVIII walks forward holding a spray of lilies while Napoleon behind, clutching vipers in his hands, falls as his stilts break under him. April 1814. The publication was announced in the 'Journal de Paris' of 20 April 1814, the day of Napoleon's departure from France' -- British Museum Upright, matted; margins trimmed; clean. Jamestown, R.I., Jeremy North, 1953.

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Original record: Le Départ et le Retour
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1755 – 1824
1769 – 1821
1815
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Elie, active 1813-1819 (printmaker)
Subject(s): British Museum Hand
British Museum Upright
Caricatures and cartoons
Engravings (Prints)
France
History
I, Emperor of the French
Kings and rulers in art
Louis
Louis XVIII
Napoleon
R.I., Jeremy North
Restoration, 1814-1830
XVIII, King of France

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