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Doctor Napoleon Puts the European Princes on the Pot, 1808
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Doctor Napoleon Puts the European Princes on the Pot, 1808

Charles Williams · 1808-03 · etching; hand coloring; paper

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

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Napoleon as a doctor with a large wig on his head has placed a group of European monarchs on a toilet. He invites John Bull (Great Britain), Sweden (Gustav IV Adolf), and Brazil (John VI, King of Portugal and Prince of Brazil) not to be shy and to take a seat on the toilets as well. Already sitting on the toilets with their trousers down are Tsar Alexander I, Frederick William III of Prussia, Emperor Francis II, Pope Pius VII, the Spanish King Charles IV, and a fat Dutchman. Sultan Mustafa IV looks on in alarm.

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Credit lineDokter Napoleon zet de Europese vorsten op de pot, 1808. 1808-03. Charles Williams. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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