02847nkm a22004333i 4500 22137120 20250607110330.0 cr ||||||||||| 210708s1814 xx nnn |o infre 22137120 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-999 2021669860 (WDL)02944 DLC eng DLC fre 741 940 The Fencing Lesson. Die Fechtstunde [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1814. 1 online resource. still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 1 watercolor; 37.5 x 21.6 centimeters. This original ink-and-watercolor caricature shows a petite, prancing Napoleon dueling with a heavy, domineering Gerhard Leberecht von Blücher, while a British sailor judges the match. The participants in the duel are backed by supporters: Napoleon's faction includes French generals, while von Blücher's includes German peasants and a Russian cossack. The caricature parodies political conditions at the time. Following Napoleon's retreat from Russia, the Germanic states, led by Prussia, reentered the wars against Napoleon. At the time the caricature was made, Prussian incursions were the primary threat to France, and von Blücher was the field marshal who pressed to move the Prussian army into France itself. The work is by the Prussian artist Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850). Although best known as a sculptor, Schadow drew many political caricatures during the war. The watercolor is from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library, the foremost American collection devoted to the history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering, and one of the world's largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms. Original resource at: Brown University Library. Content in French. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1813 to 1814 Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819 Caricatures and cartoons Fencing Kings and rulers Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Schadow, Johann Gottfried, 1764-1850 Artist. France Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection gdcwdl wdl_02944 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.2944 wdl/wdlpartner/wdlbrown s-Online Electronic Resource