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The Affectionate Farewell, or Kick for Kick

April 17, 1814
Not on view
Napoleon stands next to a gibbet that reads: "The Isle of Elba." He says "Votre tres humbler Serviteur Monsieur Tally." Next to him Tallyrand aims a violent kick and swings his cane, holdings a paper marked: "Abdication of the last dying speech of a murderer who is to be de[liv]ered into the hands of the Devil the first fair wind" and saying: "Va t'en Coquin. I'll crack your Crown you pitiful Vagabond." Behind are the victims of the many French campaigns, a line of men on crutches.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Affectionate Farewell, or Kick for Kick
  • 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: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (French, Paris 1754–1838 Paris)
  • Date: April 17, 1814
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 5/8 in. (24.5 × 34.6 cm)
    Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 3/4 in. (26.7 × 37.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.2065
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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