A Long Pull A Strong Pull and a Pull Altogether

Thomas Rowlandson|Joseph Bonaparte|Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte

November 25, 1813 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Representations of six of the Allies at left pull seven Dutch ships towards them with ropes. Napoleon and Joseph make frantic gestures on an island behind the Dutch fleet at right. Napoleon exclaims: "Oh Brother Joe—I'm all Fire, My Passion eats me up Such unlooked for Storms of ills fall on me It beats down all my cunning, I cannot bear it My ears are fill'd with Noise my Eyes grow dim And feeble shakings seize every Limb." Joseph stands behind, his crown at his feet, and says: "Oh Brother Nap Brother Nap we shant be left with half a Crown apiece"

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson|Joseph Bonaparte|Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte

Date

November 25, 1813

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959