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Voyage a l'Ile d'Elbe
Voyage a l'Ile d'Elbe
TitleVoyage a l'Ile d'Elbe
Creator[Anonymous]
Place of Publication[France -- Paris]
Date[1814]
Caption TextCaption on image:
Voyage à l'Ile d'Elbe

Dialogue and signage:
[Book in N's hand] Conscriptio(n) Militaire (Military Draft)
[Papers under N's arm] Levée en masse (Raised in mass)

Historical NotesNapoleon is shown being transported to Elba, riding the imperial eagle and surrounded by other trappings of the empire (the bees and the crowns of Italy and France). He carries the files on the many military conscriptions he carried out to staff his armies.

Reference source: Catalog of the De Vinck collection, and Arenenberg catalog

Publishing NotesPublished in summer 1814.


Subjects (LCSH)Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Geographic CoverageFrance
Digital CollectionNapoleonic Period Collection
Digital ID NumberNAP74
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionNapoleon Collection
UW Reference NumberF40
Object TypePrint
Physical DescriptionEtching ; plate mark 16 x 17 cm. on sheet 17 x 25 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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