print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1998,0607.56
- Title
- Object: L'Oiseau envolé
- Description
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Satire showing Napoleon as an eagle flying from his cage on the Isle of Elba, with four figures expressing different reactions to his appearance. April 1815
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1815
- Dimensions
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Height: 211 millimetres
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Width: 271 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This print was listed in the 'Bibliographie de France' for 22 April 1815 as 'chez Martinet' (whose address is not on this impression). The scorpion identifies the author as Forceval.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Escape from Elba 1815
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1998,0607.56