Blucher the Brave Extracting the Groan of Abdication from the Corsican Blood Hound

April 9, 1814

Not on view

Blücher stands on the shore holding out an dog with the head of Napoleon. To the right, Louis XVIII stands in front of a group of royalists and allied soldiers and is crowned. Talleyrand presents him a paper that reads "A List of Ministers for your Majesty's Approbation."

Artwork Details

Title: Blucher the Brave Extracting the Groan of Abdication from the Corsican Blood Hound
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
Subject: Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
Subject: Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Subject: Louis XVIII, King of France (French, Versailles 1755–1824 Paris)
Subject: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (French, Paris 1754–1838 Paris)
Date: April 9, 1814
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 14 5/16 in. (25.2 × 36.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.533.1564
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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