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The Two Kings of Terror

Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
Subject Napoléon Bonaparte French
November 1813
Not on view
Heading to a printed broadside, "Copy of the Transparency Exhibited at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, During the Illuminations of the 5th and 6th of November 1813, in honor of the splendid victories obtained by the Allies over the Armies of France, at Leipsic and its environs."

A skeleton, Death, is seated on a cannon at left, and Napoleon is seated on a drum at right. Behind them is a symbolic representation of the "Battle of the Nations."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Two Kings of Terror
  • 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)
  • Date: November 1813
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 16 5/16 × 8 7/8 in. (41.5 × 22.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.1550
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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