The Empress Wish or Boney Puzzled!, 1810 (etching)

The Empress' Wish or Boney Puzzled! , a cartoon of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), which highlights his frustration and anger at the superiority and strength of the British fleet, accentuating its small size, depicting him looking black at his fleet anchored in the port, behind the rampart of a fortified city, the empress Josephine de Beauharnais (1763-1814) at her side His long view of the British ships and says, “My dear little Grand Emperor of Kings, Nations and Princes, your majesty has often promised me that as much as I wanted something in this world, I would not want, your greatness, to put your love to the test, however I would really like you to leave me Give me this little boat, with the little blue flag, which is at anchor. ' Napoleon is puzzled by this, because it is a request that he is very unable to fulfill, as the blue flag indicates that it is the flagship of the enemy fleet. Etching in colors, published on August 9, 1810 by J. Johnstone, drawing by Isaac Cruikshank (1756-1811).