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Arriere garde du Pape, ou la frayer du reverend pere caporal

Print shows the ragged rear-guard troops of the Pope's army cowering as they retreat from the advancing French army lead by the handsome and well-dressed Napoleon Bonaparte emerging on the left through billowin... More

Evacuation of Malta, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

Addington squats over cocked hat into which he evacuates papers including "Egypt," "Guadeloupe," and last, "Malta," Napoleon holds him by the cravat and threatens him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Co... More

National contrasts or Bulky and Boney / etch'd by Roberts., British Ca...

Print shows, on the left, a plump, "bulky" Englishman smoking a pipe while seated at a table laden with food and drink, on his left a cornucopia overflows with coins, and under the table is a dog with collar la... More

Tiddy-Doll, the great French gingerbread-baker; drawing out a new batc...

Print shows Napoleon standing before a large "New French Oven for Imperial Gingerbread" drawing out a freshly baked kings labeled "Bavaria, Wirtembg, [and] Baden." On the left, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pér... More

The pending conflict, Confederate States of America.

One of three similar prints published by Oliver Evans Woods, reflecting grave northern fears of British and French interference on behalf of the Confederacy in the Civil War. (See also "The Pending Conflict" an... More

Napoleon from Corsica to St. Helena The success of the year. For sale ...

Poster shows an illustration for a book cover: (Napoleon on dirt road giving and receiving a salute from a dog; soldier's camp in background). Artist not identified. Forms part of the Artist poster filing seri... More

[Statue of Napoleon I, Cherbourg, France]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9738". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

République Franc̨aise - A drawing of a man standing in front of a grou...

Print shows a large female figure labeled "Republique Française" standing at center with her right arm around the shoulder of a man labeled "Suffrage Universel" and her left hand resting on a document labeled "... More

Maniac-raving's-or-Little Boney in a strong fit / Js. Gillray inv. & f...

Cartoon showing Napoleon in a fury over relations between France and England. Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9998 Forms part of: Brit... More

Surrender of Napoleon III on Sepr. 2d. 1870 Übergabe von Napoleon III.

Print shows Napoleon III handing his sword to Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, after the battle at Sedan. B3446 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871 by H. Schile in the Offic... More

"After you" - Public domain portrait drawing

Bismarck and Louis Napoleon motion simultaneously to each other to enter the door of peace first. A female figure holding an olive branch, opens the door. Inscribed below image: Watermark 1823 Richard Doyle 18... More

Doctor Sangrado curing John Bull of repletion-with the kind offices of...

Cartoon showing Addington saying, "courage John Bull-courage", as he bleeds arm of John Bull, who is supported by Hawkesbury, who repeats "courage Johnny". Napoleon holds out his hat to catch the blood, "West I... More

Death of the Corsican fox--Scene the last of the Royal-Hunt / Js. Gill...

King George III as a huntsman, holds up to a pack of hounds a fox with the head of Napoleon. Hounds' collars inscribed with names of naval leaders "Nelson," "Sydney S. Gardner," "Cornwallis." Men on horseback l... More

The genius of France nursing her darling / T.B.:-d-lle delt., British ...

Cartoon showing France, a savage virago, dandling a tiny Napoleon seated on her hand and wearing a royal robe over his military dress. Above her head she holds a rattle with bells surmounted by a crown. She gri... More

Defense of the California Bank - Public domain book illustration, Libr...

A mildly jingoistic satire voicing American suspicions of foreign designs on California after the discovery of gold there in 1848. The bay and coastline of San Francisco are shown, menaced by foreign invaders ... More

Le revue 1810 / François Flameng.

Print showing Napoleon I, on horseback, reviewing cavalry troops passing behind the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris, France. F2208 U.S. Copyright Office. From attached label: Painted by Francois Flameng.... More

[Painting of Napoleon] - Public domain portrait painting

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Will the history of Napoleon's return repeat itself? / Kep.

Illustration shows the return from political exile of Theodore Roosevelt dressed as Napoleon I, standing before French troops under the command of President Taft, who is riding the Republican elephant. They car... More

Le revue [1810] / François Flameng.

Print showing Napoleon I, on horseback, reviewing cavalry troops passing behind the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris, France. Includes a remarque showing Empress Josephine standing on a balcony, signed F (... More

[Painting of Napoleon] - Public domain portrait painting

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Maniac chase / motion picture. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

From Edison films catalog: The picture opens with the interior of a cell in an insane asylum. The inmate, who imagines himself to be Napoleon the Great, is seated at a table dressed in the costume of that world... More

The grand coronation procession of Napoleone the 1st, Emperor of Franc...

Caricature showing procession, with Napoleon and Josephine in center, headed by members of the Imperial family, followed by Talleyrand and his wife, and a dejected Pope Pius VII. Napoleon's train is supported b... More

Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck., British Cartoon P...

Cartoon shows Napoleon, wearing tattered clothing, seated on a low throne; kneeling before him is a pope placing the keys of St. Peter at his feet as he kicks the crown off the popes head, saying "I say remembe... More

The rival gardeners, Charles Williams

King George III of England and Napoleon I tend to their respective plants on opposite sides of a stream labeled "The Channel." A cudgel marked "British Oak" floats down it. Napoleon bends over his drooping po... More

German-nonchalence;-or-, the vexation of Little-Boney / Js. Gillray in...

Cartoon showing Count Starhemberg riding past Napoleon, sniffing snuff, failing to pay his respects to him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

John Bull offering Little Boney fair play, British Cartoon Print

Bare chested sailor, "John Bull," standing in English channel with arms akimbo, looking at Napoleon, whose head looks over top of fortification on the French coast. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Colle... More

Comfort of a Bed of Roses, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

Charles Fox, in bed with his wife, having a nightmare. To the right, Napoleon jumps to the bed from a cannon with the words "Pour subjugeur le Monde" inscribed on the muzzle; behind him are seen pikes and a ban... More

Boney bringing home the truth from Spain, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon assuring his subjects, who have animal faces, that all is well in Spain; one animal/man wonders why Napoleon fails to mention his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, whom he installed on the Spanish... More

Et l'on revient toujours A ses premiers amours.

Cartoon showing Napoleon I stepping down from throne into a marsh filled with frogs; in his left hand he holds a long pike with a liberty cap on top at which he is looking. DeVinck, 9541 Purchase; S. Emmering; ... More

[Napoleon I boards the Bellerophon to surrender] / Baugean delt. & scu...

Print shows a view of the HMS Bellerophon from the aft with a rowboat drawn along the starboard side and Napoleon I climbing stairs to board the ship in order to surrender to the British and Captain Frederick L... More

Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman

A satire on the presidential contest of 1836, using the metaphor of a billiards game between Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (left) and Democrat Martin Van Buren. The artist is clearly on the side of Harr... More

Funérailles de l'Empereur Napoléon. Intérier de l'église des Invalides...

Interior of the Church of Invalides, service in progress. Hubbard Collection.

[Napoleon III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 20, lower right. On verso: 10 Boulevart Poissonnière, 10, Dusacq & C[superscript ie], Editeurs, Paris.

Ye conference. "Not any we thank you Mr. Davis"

Jefferson Davis's diplomatic overtures to France and Great Britain fail in an imaginary scene at court. Davis (right) bows before French ruler Napoleon III, extending toward him a tray of "bonds." Davis holds a... More

Baptismal font in the church at Ajaccio where Napoleon was baptized

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Life of Napoleon" by William M. Sloane, Century, 48:3 (Nov. 1894).

"After you, Teddy!" / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt on his way to the "Hall of Fame" is passing between two rows of kings, emperors, military leaders, statesmen, and others, including on the left, possibly Ramses I, King of ... More

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World / C...

Napoleon Bonaparte on horse and Rosa Bonheur painting Buffalo Bill on horse.

Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité...

British satire shows Napoleon with his grenadiers driving the members of the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery at St. Cloud at bayonet point. A drum is labeled "Vive la Liberte," and papers under foot r... More

Le traité de paix avec Rome - baisez ca papa, et faite pate de velour ...

Print shows on the left, a cat, representing Pope Pius VI, and on the right, a rooster, representing Napoleon I, holding a bundle of dried twigs and telling the cat to retract its claws, resulting in the Treaty... More

Consular coachmanship!!, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Josephine standing in a carriage on the left which is drawn by four "unruly" horses, two are labeled "A Jacobin" and "A Royalist"; Napoleon, having been tossed onto the back of a bull, probably repr... More

An altercation concerning r-l wives, &c / Lewis Marks del., British Ca...

Print shows Napoleon I standing on a slip of land labeled "Elba" yelling at George, Prince of Wales, who is standing on a patch of land labeled "England." Napoleon complains that the British have deprived him o... More

Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cou...

Northern fears of European intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South are manifest here.Uncle Sam, in the form of a bearded Union soldier (closely resembling Abraham Lincoln), unceremoniously routs Jo... More

Bonaparte en Égypte peint par E. Detaille ; Edouard Detaille 1878 ; ph...

Print shows Napoleon on horseback arriving with several of his generals at the scene of a battle where French soldiers present the captured standards of the Mamelukes and a group of prisoners; some of the Frenc... More

Napoleon /

Maximilien Charlier. Incomplete: film is apparently complete in three reels. LC copy combines parts of r1-3. Intertitles: Bonaparte at the Arcole Bridge; The Egyptian campaign, the pyramids; Crossing Mont St. B... More

A sketch for the regents speech on Mad-ass-son's insanity / G. Cruiksh...

Gabriel blowing a message "A bad news for you" at James Madison, who is standing between Napoleon and the devil, as two women symbolizing Great Britain and America, and British soldiers look on.

Columbia teaching John Bull his new lesson / S[amuel] Kennedy, del. ; ...

A War of 1812 satire on Anglo-American and Franco-American relations. England's "lesson" is about the seriousness of American determination to maintain freedom on the high seas, while France is warned of Yanke... More

A tit bit for a Russian ambassador!!!

Cartoon showing a Russian holding up small figure of Napoleon, preparing to eat him.

1805 Napoleon at Austerlitz / E. Meissonier 1878.

Print showing long line of French cavalry with artillery moving behind them at Austerlitz. Includes remarque of Napoleon, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. 6172 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on plat... More

St. James's volunteers firing at a target at Kilburn Wells, British Ca...

Print shows British soldiers shooting at a target with Napoleon's picture on it; he wears an oversized hat and carries a large sword. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Destruction of the French gun-boats-or-Little Boney & his friend Talle...

Cartoon showing Napoleon, sitting on the shoulder of Talleyrand, gleefully peering through a large rolled document, "Talleyrand's plan for invading Great Britain", at the channel, where the French flotilla is b... More

Napoleon's return from the Island of Elba, March 7th 1815 / painted by...

Print showing Napoleon I greeting French soldiers and citizens after his escape from Elba. Trimmed within plate mark.

The Plumb-pudding in danger, or, State epicures taking un petit souper...

William Pitt, wearing a regimental uniform and hat, sitting at a table with Napoleon. They are each carving a large plum pudding on which is a map of the world. Pitt's slice is considerably larger than Napoleon... More

[Painting of Napoleon] - Public domain portrait painting

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Vie de Bonaparte, premier Consul de la République française / dessiné ...

Print shows twenty-four numbered scenes depicting events in the life of Napoleon I. Scene number two shows Napoleon with his sword endeavoring to cut a hole in a balloon in which he was not allowed to ascend. ... More

Mr. Speroni nce. apostolique, porte croix du Pape, précédant sa sainte...

Print shows a papal nuncio, Mr. Speroni, on horseback passing between two guards, carrying the cross of the Pope to the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame cathedral. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon... More

Colonne Vendome. Paris France sterescope card, 19th century.

Stereograph shows monument to Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz at Place Vendôme, Paris.

The pending conflict, Confederate States of America.

A later, altered version of "The Pending Conflict" (no. 1863-10). Albeit more optimistic from the Northern point of view than its earlier couterpart, this version is equally critical of European abetment of t... More

Surrender of Napoleon III on Sepr. 2d. 1870 Übergabe von Napoleon III.

Print shows Napoleon III handing his sword to Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, after the battle at Sedan. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871 by H. Schile in the Office of the Librarian of Congres... More

History repeats itself / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Julius Caesar or a Roman centurion, in the background, tumbling off a pillar of stones labeled "Rome, Etruria, Britain, Asia, [and] Africa", and in the middle distance, on a bit of land label... More

The "Little Napoleon of Wall Street" in exile / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Ferdinand Ward as Napoleon I sitting on a pile of stones labeled "Ludlow St. St. Helena" in the middle of a river with the New York City skyline behind him; some of the signs on buildings st... More

Carolingian The new aspirant / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows a scruffy man labeled "Russia" carrying a rope and attempting to set a ladder against a pillar labeled "Supremacy" topped with a statue of "Britannia"; at the base of the pillar is a pile of fallen ... More

Festival Hall, East stairway, and Statue of Napoleon, St. Louis World...

H52750 U.S. Copyright Office. No. S. 103. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Il 18. brumale, anno VIII - A drawing of an elephant and people in a r...

Italian print published on the occasion of Napoleon's coming to power in France, November 9, 1799, following his successful campaign in Egypt. Image depicts France as a giant sphinx wearing the cap of Liberty a... More

The hand-writing upon the wall / Js. Gillray invt. & ft., British Cart...

Napoleon, Josephine, French soldiers and women seated at feast with dishes "Bank of England," "St. James," "Tower of London," and "Roast Beef of old England." Napoleon looks in horror at hand of Jehovah pointin... More

General Monkey and General Wolfe!!, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon I, wearing a large hat, carrying a long sword, and having a body where his shoulders rest on his waist, cowering before the large ogre-like figure of John Bull. Forms part of: British Cart... More

Napoleon I, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing long ...

Trimmed to within plate marks. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Napoleon at the battle of the pyramids, July 21, 1798] / peint par Gr...

Print shows Napoleon I on horseback during the Battle of the Pyramids, gesturing toward the pyramids in the distance while speaking to his officers and soldiers; in the lower right foreground are defeated Mamlu... More

Funérailles de L'Empereur Napoléon. Passage du cortège dans les champs...

Funeral procession of Napoleon passing on the champs Elisées. Hubbard Collection. Signed on stone. No. 5.

Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse - Napoléon a Sainte-Hélène Paul Delar...

Print shows Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, full-length portrait, facing front, sitting on rocks on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Signed on stone on lower l... More

Milan. Arch of the Simplon. Commenced by Napoleon I. 1807

In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 111, back. No. 216.

A gentleman in a fix -- An unnatural parent

Cartoon showing Napoleon holding baby "Intervention", as the mother "Bull" runs away. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 15, no. 380 (1863 Jan. 10), p. 256.

The Arch of Triumph built to commemorate victories of Napoleon I, Pari...

Automobiles in front of the Arc de Triomphe. No. U-132787.

Il 18. brumale, anno VIII - A drawing of an elephant in the middle of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Napoleon I, March 30, 1808, Plans for World Domination, in French and ...

Plans for World Domination, in French and English

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World / C...

Napoleon Bonaparte on horse and Rosa Bonheur painting Buffalo Bill on horse.

The washing-tub expedition, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon I wearing an oversized hat and holding a large sword leading a French fleet of washing tubs filled with French soldiers in an invasion of England. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Co... More

The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver

King George III in military uniform, holds a tiny Napoleon in the palm of his hand while inspecting him with a spy-glass.

The rival gardeners. Book illustration from Library of Congress

King George III of England and Napoleon I tend to their respective plants on opposite sides of a stream labeled "The Channel." Napoleon bends over his drooping potted plant, surmounted by a crown, supporting i... More

Buonaparté pie / Woodward delin., British Cartoon Print

Caricature of British person holding small figure of Napoleon on fork toward mouth. Form part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Boney at Bayonne blowing a Spanish bubble, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Napoleon convincing the Spanish royalty, who are enclosed in a bubble, of his friendship as he fires a cannonball at Madrid. Information from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Soc... More

[Louis Napoleon escaping from Ham in 1846]

Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III, 1808-1873) and two accomplices make their escape from the fortress of Ham. Leading the procession is "Doctor Conneau" carrying a suitcase. Behind him is Napoleon disguised as a wor... More

Puck's valentines for 1894 / F. Opper. Joseph Pulitzer

Print shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, Uncle Sam and President Cleveland shaking hands, a portrait of Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, is in the background; the surrounding vignettes feature a cast of ch... More

The little corporal new comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Engla...

Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith, Cin'ti & New York." Francis Wilson and Company; Ariel Barney, manager. Signed: By an Old Master, Th. Nast. 1898. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (... More

Napoleon Bonaparte Statue and Festival Hall, Louisiana Purchase Exposi...

H49434 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15002. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maniac chase / motion picture. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

1805 Napoleon at Austerlitz / E. Meissonier 1878.

The Corsican-pest;-or-Belzebub going to supper, British Cartoon Print

The Devil with demons roasting Napoleon on a pitchfork in the flames of Hell. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Le Cesar de 1815 - je suis venu, j'ai vu, ... j'ai fui

Print shows Napoleon I carrying a broken standard with a dead eagle on top and a piece of paper that states "Vite à Paris"; he is fleeing from a battlefield strewn with dead French soldiers; above, the figure o... More

[Napoleon III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 10, lower left. On verso: H. Tournier, 57, Rue de Seine, 57, Paris; Déposé.

Institution of the Legion of Honor - France, 1802 die stiftung der ehr...

Print shows "Buonaparte, surrounded by several officers is standing upon a platform, distributing the badge of the Legion of Honor to the deserving"; Napoleon is handing the Legion of Honor to a veteran who los... More

[Napoleon III, full-length portrait, facing front, walking on crutches...

A3059 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed in the upper left and right corners: December 2, 1851 Paris. September 5, 1870 Sedan. Printed below image: Maurice's Autographic and Lithographic Establishment, No. 160 Wil... More

Napoleon /

The hand-writing upon the wall / Js. Gillray invt. & ft., British Cart...

Armed-heroes / Js. Gillray inv. & f., British Cartoon Print, James Gil...

Cartoon showing Addington, saying "Who's afraid? ...", and Napoleon facing each other defiantly across a narrow channel. Behind Addington on the front bench in the House of Commons is Hawkesbury saying, "Ah who... More

Mr. Spéroni, nonce apostolique, porte-croix de Notre St. Père Le Pape

Print shows a papal nuncio, Mr. Speroni, on horseback being led by a guard, carrying the cross of the Pope to the coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame cathedral. He is following the papal carriage carrying th... More

Le pied de nez de Milord Pit - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon shows Napoleon I, wearing laurel wreath and ermine robe, pushing down one side of scale with his sword, which lifts two frightened monarchs, on the other side, off the ground; in the background stands a... More

The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, British Cartoon P...

Print shows 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 farew... More

Le tigre enchainé - A group of men in uniforms standing next to each o...

Cartoon showing Napoleon I as a tiger in chains held by a British officer holding a whip; two men representing Russia and Austria play musical instruments nearby. DeVinck, 9800 Forms part of: French Political C... More

Bataille des pyramides, 21 Juillet 1798 peint par Gros ; gravé par Fri...

Print shows Napoleon on horseback during the Battle of the Pyramids, gesturing toward the pyramids in the distance while speaking to his officers and soldiers on the left; in the lower right foreground are defe... More

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