The Arch Duchess Maria Louisa Going to Take Her Nap

Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte|Thomas Rowlandson|Empress Marie Louise of France

April 12, 1810 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

The Archduchess Marie Louise lies in a canopied bed with Napoleon, and says, "My dear Nap: your bed accommodations are very indifferent! Too short by a yard! I wonder how Josephino put up with such things even as long as she did!!!" Napoleon responds, "Indeed Maria I do not well understand you? The Empress Josephino who knew things better than I hope you do, never grumbled - Le Diable! I see I never will be able to get what I want after all!!!" The couple had married in March 1810.

Artist

Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte|Thomas Rowlandson|Empress Marie Louise of France

Date

April 12, 1810

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970