Boney Turned Moralist

Thomas Rowlandson British
 Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
 Subject Napoléon Bonaparte French

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Napoleon is shown in three ways: "A Cruel Tyrant...What I was"; as "A Snivelling Wretch...What I am"; and "Hung for a Fool...What I ought to be."

Boney Turned Moralist, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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Boney Turned Moralist, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching
Boney Turned Moralist, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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