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Napoleon drags a dog through a bog in a jar
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Napoleon drags a dog through a bog in a jar

Hermanus Fock · 1813 · etching; paper

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

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Napoleon, with a sock on his head, pulls a dog that is in a jar through the marsh. French soldiers help him. In the background, the French troops are being defeated by the Cossacks, the fireworks, and a churchyard portal with a skeleton of a French soldier. Below the text: French lot, drawn in the Moscow Marsh Lottery anno 1812 and following!

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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cartoonprinthistorieprentNapoleon I (Emperor of the French)Russische Veldtocht
Credit lineNapoleon trekt een hond in een bokaal door het moeras. 1813. Hermanus Fock. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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