Description
Hell Hounds rallying the idol of France
Les chiens de l’enfer se rassemblent autour de l’idole de la France
Eau-forte coloriée à la main de Thomas ROWLANDSON (Londres 1756 – Londres 1827)
Publiée à Londres par Rodolphe ACKERMANN (Stollberg 1764 – Londres 1834)
Le 8 avril 1815
Marque de la collection Ney d’Elchingen au verso
Feuille : 245 x 355 mm
A hand-coloured print of a bust of Napoleon with a noose around its neck. The bust stares impassively ahead in left side profile and is surrounded by smaller heads that have been piled-up against it. Napoleon’s generals, who take the form of satyrs, dance around the bust. In the background, French troops earnestly burn English goods whilst a burning crown of pitch is about to be placed on Napoleon’s head. In the foreground lie mutilated and dying troops. Inscribed in the plate: Pubd April 8 1815 by R Ackermann No 101 Strand
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