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Napoléon climbing a headless skeleton trying to reach an unattainable crown satirizing his imperial ambitions for France and his own for sovereignty. Coloured etching, 1803.
Wellcome Collection

Napoléon climbing a headless skeleton trying to reach an unattainable crown satirizing his imperial ambitions for France and his own for sovereignty. Coloured etching, 1803.

1803

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The ladder of ambition skeleton of France!!

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