The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris

Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
Subject Napoléon Bonaparte French
April 16, 1815
Not on view
Napoleon standing on a balcony with his generals, accompanied by the Devil and a skeleton representing Death, who points at a crowd below that brandishes heads on pikes.

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Object Information
  • Title: The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
  • Subject: Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
  • Date: April 16, 1815
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/4 × 13 11/16 in. (24.7 × 34.7 cm)
    Sheet: 10 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (27.8 × 40.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.567.29
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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