- Title Information
- Title
- Corsican bloodhound, beset by the bears of Russia
- Non Sort
- The
- Name
- Name Part
- Elmes, William
- Name Part:
Date
- active 1797-1814
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- painter
- Name
- Name Part
- Tegg, Thomas
- Name Part:
Date
- 1776-1845
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- publisher
- Origin Information
- Place
- Place Term:
Text
- London, GBR
- Place Term:
Code
- xxk
- Publisher
- Thomas Tegg
- Date Created
- 1813
- Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 print; 26.5 x 40.5 cm
- Abstract
- Napoleon, cast as an emaciated hound, retreats, running across a frozen plain, his tail tucked between his legs. In this caricature, Napoleon's bust is drawn in profile and is attached rather incongruously to his dog's body. Wearing his trademark hat, his face is marked with an expression of worry and of fear. A tin pot scattering ominous messages is tied to his tail and drags behind. At the left of the sheet, fierce bears pursue him over the drifted snow. In the far distance, the city of Moscow is engulfed in flames. Corpses buried under the snow are further indicators of the bloodiness and havoc of the Russian campaign, and are indicated by faint outlines. Napoleon's defeat by "General Winter" and his cowardly evacuation is the subject of this satire. The Russians are here represented as large bears well inured against the winter weather.
- Note
- Published by Thomas Tegg, 1813-03-07. British Museum, BM 12024.
- Note:
Text
(displayLabel="Caption", lang="English")
- Pubd. Marh 7th 1813 by Thos Tegg III Cheapside London
- Note:
Text
(displayLabel="Caption", lang="English")
- Price one shilling coloured
- Note:
Text
(displayLabel="Dialogue", lang="English")
- Russian Bears: "Push on my lads--no grumbling--keep scent of him--no sucking of paws this winter--here is food for the Bears in all the Russias."
- Note:
Text
(displayLabel="Dialogue", lang="English")
- Napoleon: "What a horrible climate"--my only chance to escape the clutches of those monstrous Canables, is by taking to my heels--once more--I shall never be able to shake off this d___d old Kettle--trailing at my___ 'till my Tail drops off."
- Subject
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Napoleon
- Name Part:
Terms of Address
- I, Emperor of the French
- Name Part:
Date
- 1769-1821
- Topic
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Related Item:
Host
(displayLabel="Collection:")
- Title Information
- Title
- Napoleonic Satires
- Identifier:
COLID
- 2
- Identifier:
URI
- http://dl.lib.brown.edu/napoleon
- Identifier:
Local
(displayLabel="ASKB Call No.:")
- Bullard E-217
- Location
- Physical Location
- John Hay Library
- Identifier:
METSID
- 1130954828102686
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Access Condition:
rights statement
(href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/")
- No Copyright - United States
- Access Condition:
restriction on access
- Collection is open for research.