“Review of the French Troops on their Returning March through Smolensko----- Altho their Dress is not gaudy it is warm & that is the principle thing!! Vide - the Hamburg Correspondenten for 1812 - No. 180 --14th March—“

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Creator

George Cruikshank

Title

“Review of the French Troops on their Returning March through Smolensko----- Altho their Dress is not gaudy it is warm & that is the principle thing!! Vide - the Hamburg Correspondenten for 1812 - No. 180 --14th March—“

Publisher

H. Humphrey, St. James Street

Date

May 27th 1813

Description

This is one of several prints Cruikshank designed from etchings created by Russian artists who were lampooning Napoleon as he retreated from Moscow.

Relation

From the collection of Josephine Lea Iselin.