Blucher the Brave Extracting the Groan of Abdication from the Corsican Blood Hound

Blucher the Brave Extracting the Groan of Abdication from the Corsican Blood Hound

Thomas Rowlandson

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Blücher stands on the shore holding out an dog with the head of Napoleon. To the right, Louis XVIII stands in front of a group of royalists and allied soldiers and is crowned. Talleyrand presents him a paper that reads "A List of Ministers for your Majesty's Approbation."

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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