The ignominious escape of the Corsican tyrant from the just vengeance of the Russians: Bonaparte who advanced into Russia at the head of at least 300,000 Men, Elated, Confident, & loud in his Predictions of Success; in 2 Months from the date of his Vaunting Proclamation that he was about to Seal the Fate of Russia, he was Outmanoeuvered as a General, Outmastered as a Politician & compelled to fors

9th of 3 series of prints and 2 separate prints bound together; 4th of 4 colored aquatints by Hassell 'from a Painting by J.M. Wright, Esqr. from authentic information & documents'.'The retreat from Russia; Napoleon swathed in a fur cloak, riding with a companion in a sled drawn by four horses from left to right across a barren, snow-covered landscape, with a few haggard men on horseback riding alongside and a few exhausted foot-soldiers, two men lying dead in the left foreground, a gun-barrel and eagle abandoned to right' -- British Museum 9th of 3 series of prints and 2 separate prints bound together; 4th of 4 colored aquatints by Hassell 'from a Painting by J.M. Wright, Esqr. from authentic information & documents'.'The retreat from Russia; Napoleon swathed in a fur cloak, riding with a companion in a sled drawn by four horses from left to right across a barren, snow-covered landscape, with a few haggard men on horseback riding alongside and a few exhausted foot-soldiers, two men lying dead in the left foreground, a gun-barrel and eagle abandoned to right' -- British Museum Folio; bound in 3/4 green morocco stamped gold "Prints. Russian Campaign" and marble boards; worn, some plates foxed. London, Francis Edwards, 1951.