German political cartoon of Napoleon as Cerberus, the hound of Hades who guards the gates of the Underworld.
He stands on a globe on which he has left bloody footprints. The head of Napoleon in profile is shown in the upward curved tail of the animal. The right front paw of the dog rests on a skull, which he is licking, the other carries on a rectangular block with the inscription “Term”. Below, flames emerge, within which the word “Pyriphlegelon” [Phlegethon], (a river in the underworld) stands.
Published in Berlin in 1814, by the Henschel brothers.
Ich heise Cerberus bin auch Chamäleon/ erhitzt wechsle ich die Farbe.
Translation:
My name is Cerberus and I am also a chameleon/ when heated I change color.
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