A Review of the New Grand Army
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 13 3/8 in. (23.2 × 34 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Accession Number
2014.757.5(3)
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1815, amid the dramatic final chapter of Napoleon Bonaparte's rule during his Hundred Days' return from exile, British caricaturist William Heathworking under the pseudonym "Paul Pry"—created this hand-colored etching titled *A Review of the Grand Army*. The print satirizes Napoleon's hastily assembled forces, likely featuring Joachim Murat, his flamboyant cavalry marshal and brother-in-law, reviewing alongside a devilish Napoleon. Hand-coloring, a hallmark of Regency-era satire, adds vivid humor and bite, transforming simple etched lines into a colorful caricature that mocked French milita...
About the Artist
Joachim Murat|William Heath ('Paul Pry')|Napoléon Bonaparte ( |British|French) · 1767 |1794 |1769 – |1840 |1821
French, 1767–1815|British, Northumbria 1794/95–1840 Hampstead|French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena