Who are these people in this satirical cartoon of the Congress of Verona?
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Note that a satirical sketch like this does not necessarily portray the actually participants at a conference. Often, they feature a personification of the nations involved. In this case, as Denis commented, green, blue, white and red are the colours for Russia, France, Austria and England, respectively, derived mainly from their military uniform colours. So:
The man on the left, in green, is Tsar Alexander of Russia.
- The light blue figure on the floor is Bohemia
The standing man next to him is France's Louis Antoine, duc d'Angoulême. He led the French invasion of Spain.
- They appear to be looking at a map of Spain on the table.
The man in white is Emperor Francis of Austria.
- The two little figures under him are Saxony and Sicily - both kingdoms dominated by Austria. Sicily was invaded in 1821 to put down a revolution.
- The two little figures sticking out of his back are the kings Ferdinand of Naples and Charles Felix of Sardinia, both of whom were relying on Austrian troops to crush revolutions in their kingdoms at the time. Note that Ferdinand was also king of Sicily where a revolution broke out, but he merged his kingdoms and formally styled himself King of the Two Sicilies after 1816, so this label was anachronistic.
The man in red is the Duke of Wellington. Note that he is the one saying "You had better not – garde a Toi" - Wellington resolutely opposed the proposed French intervention.
The man in the window is Prince Metternich, the Austrian chancellor and architect of the post-Napoleonic Vienna system.
Edit - As it turns out, Brown University has a high resolution scan of the work.. Check out the link for a better view, but specifically the close ups on the labels identifies all the little figures:
Naples and Sardinia:
Saxony:
Sicily, spelt as Scicely:
Bohemia:
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