From Top to Bottom, or Cause and Effect (Du haut en bas...ou les causes et les effets), April 1814, Etching, hand-colored, plate: 9 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (24.5 x 32.7 cm), Prints, Elie (French, active 1813–1819), Published in Paris shortly after Napoleon’s abdication, this satire suggests that the emperor fell because he attempted to wage simultaneous campaigns on opposite sides of Europe. French armies had successfully invaded Spain in 1808 but soon encountered guerrilla resistance backed by British troops
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Top, Bottom, Cause, Effect, Du haut en bas...ou les causes et effets, April 1814, Etching, hand-colored, plate, 9 5/8 x 12 7/8, 24.5 32.7 cm, Prints, Elie, French, active, 1813–1819, Published, Paris shortly, Napoleon, abdication, satire, emperor fell, attempted, wage simultaneous campaigns, opposite sides, Europe, French armies, successfully invaded, Spain, 1808, soon encountered, guerrilla, resistance, backed, British troops
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