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The Corsican Bloodhound, Beset by the Bears of Russia
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| Title | The Corsican Bloodhound, Beset by the Bears of Russia |
| Creator | [Elmes, William] |
| Publisher | Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845 |
| Place of Publication | England -- London -- Cheapside |
| Date | 1813 |
| Caption Text | Caption on Image:
THE CORSICAN BLOODHOUND, beset by the BEARS of Russia
Pubd Marh 7th 1813 by Thos Tegg, 111 Cheapside London
Price One Shilling Coloured
Dialogue and Signage:
[Napoleon] What a horrible climate__ my only chance to escape the clutches of those monstrous Canables, is by takeing to my heels__once more__I shall never be able to shake off this d___d old Kettle__trailing at my ___ ‘till my Tail drops off.
[Bear] Push on my lads__no grumbling__Keep scent of him__no sucking of Paws__this winter-here is food for the Bears in all the Russias.
[Label on tin kettle] Moskow Tin-Kettle
[Papers falling out of overturned kettle] Famine, Oppression, Frost, Destruction, Mortality, Moskow, Annihilation, Death, Horror
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| Historical Notes | Napoleon is shown as a Corsican bloodhound, being chased by ferocious bears advancing on troops buried in the snow. Moscow burns in the background. From the kettle spills papers naming the disastrous results of this campaign: famine, death, destruction. Napoleon lost most of his Grand Army on this campaign. The climate was much worse than he expected, and the burning of Moscow by the Russians as they withdrew left him with no shelter for the winter. Napoleon retreated back to France, with his army starving and in rags. However, by the time this drawing was published, he was already gathering a new army and would go on to defeat the Allies in several battles before his downfall was complete.
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| Publishing Notes | Attributed by George to Elmes. Also found in the DeFinck Collection (# 8792) in the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris).
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP022 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | E11 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 24 x 35 cm. on sheet 26 x 36 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. |
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