Nap omnipotent, or the acme of arrogance and presumption

This image is one of a series depicting the events that led to Napoleon's eventual failure in his Russian Campaign. An envoy from Alexander I of Russia (l.) meets with Napoleon (r.) under the center swag of an ornate canopy. This tent is located in the countryside at the site of a French camp. There Napoleon and the envoy are joined by French soldiers, center, right, and left, and by Russian soldiers on the far left. Negotiations for peace have failed and the envoy acknowledges that they must take their chances on the battlefield and leave the outcome up to God. In response Napoleon brags that he will have victory over Russia. Napoleon's secretary records the meeting at his desk and comments that Napoleon's pride is "un peu trop...a great deal." This image is one of a series depicting the events that led to Napoleon's eventual failure in his Russian Campaign. An envoy from Alexander I of Russia (l.) meets with Napoleon (r.) under the center swag of an ornate canopy. This tent is located in the countryside at the site of a French camp. There Napoleon and the envoy are joined by French soldiers, center, right, and left, and by Russian soldiers on the far left. Negotiations for peace have failed and the envoy acknowledges that they must take their chances on the battlefield and leave the outcome up to God. In response Napoleon brags that he will have victory over Russia. Napoleon's secretary records the meeting at his desk and comments that Napoleon's pride is "un peu trop...a great deal." Dialogue: Russian envoy: "The dictates of humanity will not prevail/ we must take the chance of war! But remember/ Man proposes, but God disposes." Napoleon: "T'is false no man proposes to me, and I/ dispose of events, your master has Offended/ me and I hurl him from his throne." Napoleon's secretary: "ma foi c'est dire un/ peut trop! t'is say a great deal." Inscription: Pubd may 1813 by Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside, Price 1/colored. Inscription: Vide Russian Campaign, Plate 4 Plate Mark: 198 Verse: Who knows himself a Braggart/ Let him fear this, for it will come to pass/ That every Braggart shall be found an Ass.