Napoleon's exile to Elba, 1814
Painter: Wijnand Esser
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Medium: brush
Description: Cartoon on the exile of Napoleon to the island of Elba, May 1814. Napoleon is seated in a berth by two English sailors to a waiting sloop, behind which wait two British transport ships. Left behind on land: an Oriental man, the empress dressed in rags, four French war invalids who now earn their living in the streets with street organ, triangle and marmots. On a hill, in a tent, the virgins of the five allies over a burning altar swear each other's allegiance. In the sky a rider on the winged horse Pegasus.
