A Delicate Finish to a French Usurper

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Napoleon sits on a chair of state with skulls for arm rests. He has just vomited the "Throne of France". Above him flies Time about to place an extinguisher on Napoleon's head, and holding an hour glass. Next to the emperor stands Blucher at the head of a line of Allied generals and sovereigns. At the far end of the line is Wellington, then the Tsar, then the Emperor of Austria. At Napoleon's feet lies a crown marked tyrant, and strips of paper representing the countries he has disgorged. Behind him young girls dance holding up a shield adorned with the Bourbon fleur-de-lis. Represents the consequences of Leipzig.

A Delicate Finish to a French Usurper, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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