ANONYMOUS – Arrivée de Napoléon dans l’Ile d’Elbe / Ankunft von Napoleon in den Elbeschen Insel / Arrivo di Napoleone nell’Isola de l’Elba. (Paris?), ‚Déposé a la Bibliotheque‘, 1814.

Plate: 280 x 246mm; Sheet: 450 x 300mm; Hand-coloured etching; a few spots, wide margined copy

Napoleon steps across the island towards a small castle on a rock. Across his left shoulder he carries the ‚main de justice‘ with broken shaft. Under his right arm he holds the ‚Code Napoléon‘, and in his right hand is a telescope. On his back he carries a bunch of fluttering papers, four of which are inscribed ‚Décret‘ (twice), ‚Décret de 1813‘, and ‚Conscription de 1814‘. In the background a frigate can be seen, most probably the HMS Undauted.

BM Satires 12247; Broadley D 13

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