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Three French Defeats
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Three French Defeats

Hermanus Fock · 1812 - 1813 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Three representations of French defeats in 1812-1813. Above, a French soldier sitting next to a stone marked Wellington makes his will after the defeat of the French in Spain. In the middle, a French soldier is shot by Death near the city of St. Petersburg. Below, a coffin with Death is carried back to Paris, and the funeral procession is shot at from the city of Leipzig.

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cartoonprintNapoleon I (Emperor of the French)making a testamentcortege, funeral processionthe soldierthe soldier's lifeSint-Petersburg
Credit lineDrie Franse nederlagen. 1812 - 1813. Hermanus Fock. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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