COLLECTION NAME:
Hoover Institution Poster Collection
Record
Record Type:
Work
Type:
Posters
Title:
Khochu byt' Napoleonom. Chto zhe, pozhalusta my pomozhem.
Measurements:
17 x 23 in.
Material:
Paper (fiber product)
Technique:
Printing
Creator:
Vadim, (Artist) Litografiia T-va I. D. Sytina (Publisher)
Date:
1914.
Location:
Hoover Institution
ID Number:
RU/SU 56
Culture:
Soviet Union
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Germany; World War, 1914-1918--Public opinion--Soviet Union; World War, 1914-1918--Cossacks; Wilhelm II, German Emperor, 1859-1941--Portraits, caricatures, etc.; World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Soviet Union; Napoleon I, Emperor
Description:
Caricature composed of five scenes. Kaiser Wilhelm stands in Napoleonic pose, his legs are cut off, his hair and mustache trimmed until he looks like a defeated Napoleon after the Russian campaign of 1812.
