“Migrant” Subjects in the Russian and European Caricatures of the Napoleonic Wars Period from the Collection of the State Literary Museum

Military caricature used to be very relevant and popular in the period of Napoleonic Wars. The caricatures not only satirized the enemies, but illustrated the most important battles and war events. And it is natural that plenty of interesting and clever caricature subjects were copied by artists from different countries. These groups of subjects moving from one national culture to another are known as “migrant” subjects. In this research, the author presents the most illustrative examples of the migrant subjects of the Napoleonic Time from the collection of the State Literary Museum, which were published in England, Russia, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. There are some of them: “Napoleon the Conqueror of the World”, “Cancer Riding”, “Napoleon-Devil”, “Inverted World”, “Soap Bubbles”, and “Carnival”. Following its main goal, the research attempts to trace how artists from different countries embodied the same subjects and themes in their national artistic manner and created their own specific style in caricature.

«бродячие» сюжеты, the Napoleonic Wars, war, Napoleon, caricature, caricaturists, migrant subjects, satirical graphics, military caricature

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