The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 11/16 in. (24.5 × 34.7 cm) Sheet: 11 13/16 × 19 1/8 in. (30 × 48.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.533.1971
Tags
Art Historical Context
This hand-colored etching, published by Rudolph Ackermann in London on April 16, 1815, offers a sharp satirical glimpse into the turbulent politics of Napoleonic Europe. Created by the celebrated British caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson, the print portrays Napoleon Bonaparte—derisively called “the Corsican”—at the window of the Tuileries Palace, surveying Paris alongside menacing bloodhounds. The inclusion of skeletons and a devilish figure among the tags underscores the work’s biting commentary on the emperor’s return from exile during the Hundred Days. Rowlandson’s lively line work and the vi...