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Qui trop embrasse, mal etreint! . . . [Grasp All, Lose All!]
- Title:
- Qui trop embrasse, mal etreint! . . . [Grasp All, Lose All!]
- Alternate Title:
- Grasp All, Lose All
- Collection:
- Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1814
- Posted Date:
- 2015-08-25
- ID Number:
- 1036.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1036_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1800 - 1869
- Subject:
- Satirical
Other War & Peace
Imperialism
Napoleon
- Measurement:
- 32 x 23 (sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- The defeat at Leipzig in October 1813 triggered "a flood of caricatures against Napoleon" by early 1814 (Broadley 1911, 2: 52). In this example, he is borne off to Elba in April 1814 by a double-headed eagle representing the Sixth Coalition. His broken sword falls away from him, along with the lands he has lost. He clutches Elba in his hand, "the one thing remaining in his grasp." (Ibid. 56). On the ground are the bodies of his victims, very much like those shown in ID # 1035, "Corpse-Head” Caricature of Napoleon.
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- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.
