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| Title | Les Chiens de Chasse |
| Subtitle | ou, Le Départ du Grand Cyrus |
| Creator | Anonymous |
| Place of Publication | [France--Paris] |
| Date | ca. 1815 |
| Caption Text | Caption on image:[Top of medallion] LE REVERS No. 2ème (The Second Setback)
[Bottom of medallion] LES CHIENS DE CHASSE OU LE DÉPART DU GRAND CYRUS (The Hunting Dogs or The Departure of the Grand Cyrus)
[Document held by dog] hors LA LOI (outlaw)
[Document on ground] un LIBELLE satyre (satire on a satyr)
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| Historical Notes | A medallion bordered in gold represents the fall and exile of Napoleon, who is shown as a man with a serpent's tail, being chased by hunting dogs toward the British ship and island of Helena in the distance. All the symbols of his power are falling away from him: his emperor's cloak, his crowns, his scythe. The dog leaning against his right leg wears a Jacobin bonnet, to show that even the revolutionaries are hunting him; the dog on the left wears a military uniform. One dog holds a document branding him an outlaw, and another is in the midst of writing a satirical play called "Satyr."
Le Grand Cyrus refers to Cyrus the Great (580-529 B.C.), the founder of the Persian Empire who created the largest empire of the era through his military prowess.
Reference source: Clerc #150.
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| Publishing Notes | Also found in the Collection de l'histoire de France, Qb1, 14 juillet 1815.
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| Subjects (LCSH) | History--Caricatures & cartoons
Medals
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Revolutionaries--France
Revolutionaries in art--France
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP41 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F8 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; on sheet 21 x 26 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. |
