The Fencing Lesson Die Fechtstunde Schadow, Johann Gottfried, 1764-1850 Artist still image picture still image xx monographic place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 1814 fre
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1 online resource. 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. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 1 watercolor; 37.5 x 21.6 centimeters. 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 France 741 940 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.2944 Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection 2021669860 DLC 210708 20250607110330.0 22137120 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng