Identification title(s): napoleon stabbed by a cossack, 1813. To avenge the wrong done to humanity, i want to stab him like this (title on object). Object type: print cartoon object number: rp-p-ob-76. 897. Catalog reference: fmh 5908. Atlas van stolk 6161-b. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: cartoon of napoleon in which the fleeing emperor is pierced with a lance through the back of the head and mouth by a cossack on horseback. Napoleon falls and loses his stitch and boot. Possibly in response to napoleon's defeat in russia. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: wijnand esser, designed by: wijnand esser (mentioned on object), publisher: wijnand esser (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: the hague. Dating: 1813. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 223 mm × w 298 mm. Subject: what: helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lanceputting out of action by killing. Russian campaign. Cossacks in the netherlands (1813). When: 1813 - 1813. Who: napoleon i bonaparte. Acquisition: unknown 2013. Date: 1813.
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