The GRAND DIGNITARIES arriving at Warsaw covered with GLORY [struck through] SNOW

In this grotesquely comic travesty, Napoleon and the remnants of the French army arrive at the imposing city gates of Warsaw. Their figures are covered in the tatters of their uniforms stretched over their shockingly skeletal bodies. Drifts of cold snow top their heads and shoulders like mounds of cotton wool, the abundance of which calls attention to the sharp angularity of their skinny bodies. On the left of the satire, Napoleon arrives without fanfare or distinction; he sits on top of a group of bodies in a broken sleigh. His face registers despair as he peers out from underneath a blanket of snow that covers his cocked hat and his shoulders. The imperial sleigh is driven by a soldier who wears a bonnet rouge and urges the emaciated horse onwards by beating it with a straw broom and by kicking its backside with his sharp spurs. The horse, unable to take another step, collapses dead in its harness. A drummer boy, wearing large slippers, trudges at the sleigh's side. In the center of the image, another soldier, who wears a star of the Legion of Honor, attempts to fend off attacking crows with a saber and a pistol. The horse he rides is additionally burdened with a large straw pannier filled with red-bonneted figures who watch the crows with terror. In the left foreground, two figures who have been reduced to skin and bones walk barefooted through the snow. The figure on the left is covered in rags and snow; he turns to address his companion, who has tied the sleeves of his coat around his scrawny hips. Ironically, he exclaims that the Poles will mistake the pair for Adam and Eve, the Old Testament couple who were expelled from the Garden of Eden. On their right, a crazed figure urges urges his emaciated horse on with a large bone that he employs as a club. In this grotesquely comic travesty, Napoleon and the remnants of the French army arrive at the imposing city gates of Warsaw. Their figures are covered in the tatters of their uniforms stretched over their shockingly skeletal bodies. Drifts of cold snow top their heads and shoulders like mounds of cotton wool, the abundance of which calls attention to the sharp angularity of their skinny bodies. On the left of the satire, Napoleon arrives without fanfare or distinction; he sits on top of a group of bodies in a broken sleigh. His face registers despair as he peers out from underneath a blanket of snow that covers his cocked hat and his shoulders. The imperial sleigh is driven by a soldier who wears a bonnet rouge and urges the emaciated horse onwards by beating it with a straw broom and by kicking its backside with his sharp spurs. The horse, unable to take another step, collapses dead in its harness. A drummer boy, wearing large slippers, trudges at the sleigh's side. In the center of the image, another soldier, who wears a star of the Legion of Honor, attempts to fend off attacking crows with a saber and a pistol. The horse he rides is additionally burdened with a large straw pannier filled with red-bonneted figures who watch the crows with terror. In the left foreground, two figures who have been reduced to skin and bones walk barefooted through the snow. The figure on the left is covered in rags and snow; he turns to address his companion, who has tied the sleeves of his coat around his scrawny hips. Ironically, he exclaims that the Poles will mistake the pair for Adam and Eve, the Old Testament couple who were expelled from the Garden of Eden. On their right, a crazed figure urges urges his emaciated horse on with a large bone that he employs as a club. Published by Knight. Not listed in the British Museum 1813-02-00 Caption: Pubd by S. Knight Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange Feby 1813 Dialogue: Figure second from left: "By gar de people vill take us for Adam & Eve!!" Figure shooting at crows: "D__n de Crows dey vill not vait till ve are dead!!" Annotation: TH4.53 Collector's Mark: A