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Summary

Français : Les Chiens de Chasse (

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Artist

Anonymous

Title

Français : Les Chiens de Chasse

Description

Français : ou, Le Départ du Grand Cyrus

English: 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.
Also found in the Collection de l'histoire de France, Qb1, 14 juillet 1815.

Subjects (LCSH): History--Caricatures & cartoons; Medals; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Revolutionaries--France; Revolutionaries in art--France

Date

circa 1815

Medium

English: Etching, hand colored ; on sheet 21 x 26 cm.

Collection

University of Washington

	Native name	University of Washington
	Location	Seattle, Washington, United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 39′ 15″ N, 122° 18′ 29″ W
	Established	1861
	Website	www.washington.edu
	Authority file	: Q219563 VIAF: 265500071 ISNI: 0000000122986657 ULAN: 500308857 LCCN: n79054596 NLA: 35573202 WorldCat

Current location

University of Washington: Special Collections

Accession number

87

Place of creation

Paris

Inscriptions

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)

Source/Photographer

English: Napoleonic Period Collection

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