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Blücher stands on the shore holding out an dog with the head of Napoleon. To the right, Louis XVIII stands in front of a group of royalists and allied soldiers and is crowned. Talleyrand presents him a paper that reads "A List of Ministers for your Majesty's Approbation."
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Title: Blucher the Brave Extracting the Groan of Abdication from the Corsican Blood Hound
Artist:
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
Subject:
Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
Subject:
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Subject:
Louis XVIII, King of France (French, Versailles 1755–1824 Paris)
Subject:
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (French, Paris 1754–1838 Paris)
Date: April 9, 1814
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 14 5/16 in. (25.2 × 36.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.533.1564
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