The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, London, 1814, Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road to Elba from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand and the donkey's tail in the other while two drummers follow him playing a farewell(?) march. Includes twelve lines of verse.
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Caricatures of Napoleon I

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The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, London, 1814, Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road to Elba from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand and the donkey's tail in the other while two drummers follow him playing a farewell(?) march. Includes twelve lines of verse.

Date

1814

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Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

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LZT16A00_160

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