Napoleon III's face in profile made up of numerous figures. Lithograph, ca. 1852-1860.

Date:
[1852?-60]
Reference:
590148i
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Description

Napoleon's hair and forehead are made up of an eagle's body, his ear bears a military figure in a helmet holding a sword, another officer stands below his ear, a man appears to massage the shoulders of a woman across his cheek bone as she stands at a desk inscribed 'cassa', another man with spectacles peers out from behind the eagles wing on his temple as another military figure approaches with a sword, his eye forms a gun barrel beneath which two figures peer out. Beneath his nose to form his moustache is a sharp (printing?) utensil. His beard is in the form of a mermaid's hair beside whom is a boy holding a ball. His neck has a rope strung around it pulled by the goddess Athena (?). A train travels beneath

Louis Napoleon became Emperor Napoleon III in 1852

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : A. Berlin, [1852?-60]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; image 21.5 x 17.2 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 590148i

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