![]() ![]() Above floats an open book framing a head which says "I am Palm" two hands (palms) project from behind the book. " A grotesque bird with the head of an African says "I am Toussaint" he is propelled towards Napoleon by a demoniac quasi-human creature with two heads, one winged. " From the Turk's mouth issues the head of another Turk, saying, "We are the Turkish Prisoners murdered at Jaffa. Above them a Turk rides on the horizontal and elongated body of a French Grenadier, whose head is a skull, and who says: "I am one of your own Soldiers poisoned in the Hospitals of Egypt. The heads and shoulders of ghosts issue from clouds they say (left to right): "I am D'Enghien the blood of your King" "Remember Captn Wright" "I am Pichegru" "I am George". 10432) and his head is like that of Napoleon, as in No. ![]() A large imperial eagle, crowned and holding a sword, flies above his head, saying, "Wretch I leave thee for ever." Napoleon's son is nursed by a demon seated on a stool (left), who says: "Dear Image of my darling Nap, / Suck milk of Hell instead of pap." The child wears the iron crown of Italy (see No. He holds a dagger, under his pillow are two pistols he calls in terror: "Duroc, Savory, Roustan, aux armes aux armes." Marie Louise sleeps beside him. Napoleon, wearing a night-shirt, leaps from a canopied bed (left), terrified at the demons, goblins, and ghosts that surround him menacingly. ![]()
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