Nap Dreading His Doleful Doom or His Grand Entry in the Isle of Elba

Thomas Rowlandson British
 Subject Napoléon Bonaparte French
 Publisher Thomas Tegg British

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Napoleon has just landed on the island of Elba. He stands on the beach scowling and says: "Ah Woe is me seeing what I have and seeing what I see." A portly woman at right, holding a long tobacco-pipe, puts her hand on his shoulder, saying, "Come cheer up my little Nicky I'll be your Empress."

Nap Dreading His Doleful Doom or His Grand Entry in the Isle of Elba, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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