Boney The Second or the Little Babboon Created to Devour French Monkies

Joséphine Bonaparte|Empress Marie Louise of France|Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte|Napoléon II, King of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt

April 9, 1811 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Boney The Second or the Little Babboon Created to Devour French Monkies — Joséphine Bonaparte|Empress Marie Louise of France|Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte|Napoléon II, King of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt

Napoleon II sits in his cradle at center with his father, Napoleon I, at left and mother, Marie Louise, at right. He has an adult face that resembles his father. Josephine holding a wine glass in a bed behind them at right and a nurse holding a large syringe in front of her.

Artist
Joséphine Bonaparte|Empress Marie Louise of France|Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte|Napoléon II, King of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt
Date
April 9, 1811
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959