Public domain
Napoleon Under the Care of Foreign Physicians, 1814
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Caricature on Napoleon's exile to Elba, May 1814. Napoleon is examined by surprised doctors from the allied countries: England, Prussia, Russia, Sweden and Austria. The English doctor looks into the back of Napoleon's trousers and remarks 'Ei kijk! het hart in de broek!' (Look! The heart in the trousers!). Meanwhile, Napoleon vomits up the territories he conquered, including Holland.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineNapoleons in behandeling bij buitenlandse artsen, 1814. 1814. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
