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| Title | Le Diable L'Emporte |
| Subtitle | Souhait de la France |
| Creator | [Desalles] |
| Place of Publication | [France--Paris] |
| Date | [1815] |
| Caption Text | Caption on Image:
LE DIABLE L'EMPORTE (The Devil Is Taking Him Away)
Souhait de la France (France's wish)
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| Historical Notes | Near the end of Napoleon's reign, he was often identified with the Devil. Napoleon is perched on the shoulders of the Devil, whose tail has the form of a snake with its teeth into Napoleon's arm. Napoleon is crying, perhaps from the pain of the snakebite or perhaps at the thought of his imminent plunge into the fires of Hell.
Reference source: Clerc #122
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| Publishing Notes | According to Clerc, the drawing was published in July 1815. The dépot légal was by Desalles and Henri-Gerard Fontallard on August 16, 1815.
Also found in the De Vinck Collection (#10386) in the Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris).
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| Subjects(LCTGM) | Devil
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP009 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F5 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 26 x 20 cm. on sheet 28 x 21 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. |
