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William Elmes: English: The Corsican Bloodhound, Beset by the Bears of Russia   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
William Elmes  (–1814)  wikidata:Q48596601
 
Alternative names
Elmes; William. Elmes
Description British painter, engraver and illustrator
Date of birth/death 1814 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1797 Edit this at Wikidata–1814 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q48596601
Title
English: The Corsican Bloodhound, Beset by the Bears of Russia
Description
English: 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.

Attributed by George to Elmes. Also found in the DeFinck Collection (# 8792) in the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris).

  • Subjects (LCSH): Political cartoons; History--Caricatures & cartoons; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Date 7 March 1813
date QS:P571,+1813-03-07T00:00:00Z/11
Medium
English: Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 24 x 35 cm. on sheet 26 x 36 cm.
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
140
Place of creation Cheapside, London
Inscriptions
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
Source/Photographer
English: Napoleonic Period Collection
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The author died in 1814, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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Thomas Tegg  (1776–1845)  wikidata:Q7794394
 
Description British publisher, printer, bookseller and stationer
English publisher
Date of birth/death 4 March 1776 Edit this at Wikidata 21 April 1845 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Wimbledon Wimbledon
Work period 1799 Edit this at Wikidata–1846 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q7794394
Digital ID Number
InfoField
NAP022
UW Reference Number
InfoField
E11

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