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Boney's Trial Sentence and Dying Speech, or Europe's Injuries Revenged

July 28, 1815
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Scene in an English court of law, with Napoleon on trial at right with a devil behind him and Blucher at left as the judge. Beside the judge are the sovereigns of Europe. The jury sits at left and constables stand at center, below the dock, holding staves. Spectators watch from upper right. Napoleon's offenses are written at right.

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Object Information
  • Title: Boney's Trial Sentence and Dying Speech, or Europe's Injuries Revenged
  • 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)
  • Subject: Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
  • Subject: Tsar Alexander I (Russian, 1777–1825)
  • Subject: Louis XVIII, King of France (French, Versailles 1755–1824 Paris)
  • Subject: Frederick William III, King of Prussia
  • Subject: Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (Austrian, Florence 1768–1835 Vienna)
  • Subject: Pope Pius VII
  • Subject: Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (Spanish, El Escorial 1784–1833 Madrid)
  • Date: July 28, 1815
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 9/16 in. (24.2 × 34.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.1604
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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