A Great Man on His Hobby Horse

Thomas Rowlandson

1803 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Napoleon, immensely elongated, rides a horse that rears on a globe and wears a crown and a collar lettered "Power." Beneath their feet is a map of Italy, Switzerland and Germany.

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson

Date

1803

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959