To Be Performed At The Theatre Royal Paris<br><p>Published after the Treaty of Chaumont where the European Allies agreed to pursue Napoleon with a multi-national force, this drawing shows the Allies chasing him from the throne room at the Tuileries.  The portrait is a caricature of Louis XVIII.  Napoleon is dressed as a harlequin, and has discarded his crown and sceptre.  He is shown leaping through the portrait of a very complacent Louis XVIII, pursued by a pack of buffoons meant to represent the monarchs of Europe: Ferdinand of Spain (falling), a Russian Cossack (prodding with the spear), the King of Wurtemberg (on his knees, firing the two pistols), the Emperor of Austria (wearing a wallet labeled Pantaloon), the Pope, and the King of Prussia.  One of the monarchs takes down the portrait of Columbine, which is either Marie Louise or the Duchesse d'Angouleme. <br><br>Reference Source: George #12528.<br><br><br>
Also found in Broadley (378) and the DeVinck collection in the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris).
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<ul><li>Subjects (LCSH): Political cartoons; History--Caricatures &amp; cartoons; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824; Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823; Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840; Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833; Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Thomas_Rowlandson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Thomas Rowlandson"><span title="English artist and caricaturist (1757–1827)">Thomas Rowlandson</span></a>
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1815<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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