Le grosse caisse de l'Europe

Hand-colored etching (by Lacroix). 'Napoleon as 'the big drum' is slung from the neck of a British soldier, who plies a drumstick in the right hand, a birch-rod in the left. He hangs face downwards, his arms clasped under his knees which are drawn up to his chest. His (large) head is flattened at the crown, his bared posterior is cylindrical, his contour being an irregular cylinder' -- British Museum Hand-colored etching (by Lacroix). 'Napoleon as 'the big drum' is slung from the neck of a British soldier, who plies a drumstick in the right hand, a birch-rod in the left. He hangs face downwards, his arms clasped under his knees which are drawn up to his chest. His (large) head is flattened at the crown, his bared posterior is cylindrical, his contour being an irregular cylinder' -- British Museum August 1815