Vive Le Roi! Vive L'Empereur. Vive Le Diable.

Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London

April 12, 1815 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

A French soldier with a wide mustache stands at center wearing a large cocked hat, inscribed with three ribbons, "Vive Le Diable," "Vive Le Roi," and "Vive Le Empereur." He holds a musket in his right hand and a snuff-box in his left hand. To the right a monkey and a cat embrace. A windmill is in the background at left.

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London

Date

April 12, 1815

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959