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| Title | Le Volant Corse ou un joli Joujou pour les Alliés |
| Creator | [Anonymous] |
| Place of Publication | [England] |
| Date | [1814] |
| Caption Text | Caption on image:
[Caption Text] LE VOLANT CORSE OU UN JOLI JOUJOU POUR LES ALLIÉS (The Corsican shuttlecock, or a pretty toy for the Allies)
Dialogue and signage:
[General Blucher, left] Bravo Schwartzenberg entretenez le jeu Dieu me damne je vous le renverrai (Bravo, Schwartzenberg, take care of the game, God damn me I'm going to return it to you)
[Schwartzenberg, right] Le voilà ! quoi Blucher ce joujou etait autrefois très lourd mais Dieu me damne S'il n'est pas a present plous leger qu'une plume (There it is ! Blucher, this toy was previously very heavy but God damn me if it isn't now lighter than a feather!) [Wall in background] Paris
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| Historical Notes | In the Allies campaign for France in the winter of 1814, Generals Blucher (Prussian) and Schwartzenberg (Austrian) advanced on Napoleon's two flanks, eventually defeating him. This victory forced Napoleon's first abdication.
Reference Source: George #12217A, Clerc #28.
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| Publishing Notes | A French copy of a Cruikshank caricature. Handwritten notes on an original in the British Museum collection indicate that it was published in England. The De Vinck catalog says it was published in Paris in May 1814. Also found in the De Vinck collection, #8910.
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1814
Schwarzenberg, Karl Philipp, Fürst zu, 1771-1820
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP68 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F41 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching ; plate mark 27 x 32 cm. on sheet 29 x 41 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2006. |
