"Between Two Stools He Comes to the Ground" --Old Proverb

Original ink and watercolor caricature drawing signed by Heath; Napoleon III falling to ground between two tipped stools. Original ink and watercolor caricature drawing signed by Heath; Napoleon III falling to ground between two tipped stools. Upright folio, matted; margins; soiled. N.Y., Rockman Prints, 1952. Title: "Between Two Stools Title: He comes to the ground" - Old Proverb. Signature: H. Heath Text: PRUSSIAN PLUCK. Text: FRENCH VALOUR.

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Original record: "Between Two Stools He Comes to the Ground" --Old Proverb
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1808 – 1873
1850
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Heath, Henry, 1801-1858 (artist)
Subject(s): Caricatures and cartoons
Emperors in art
France
History
III, Emperor of the French
N.Y., Rockman Prints
Napoleon
Napoleon III
Second Empire, 1852-1870
Watercolors (Paintings)

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