Buonaparté leaving Egypt [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Buonaparté leaving Egypt [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [8 March 1800]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd March 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
- Abstract
-
"Bonaparte stands on the sea-shore, about to embark (on 23 Aug. 1799) in a boat (left) which will take him to a ship in full sail (the 'Muiron'). He looks with a sly leer to the right, where a little band of ragged and emaciated French soldiers hurry towards him making gestures of dismay. He wears the embroidered fastened coat or tunic with a sash of authentic portraits, without a hat; he points up towards a vision in the sky surrounded by massive clouds of a sceptre and imperial crown superimposed on the revolutionary fasces and axe. Above the general flies a figure of Fame, smiling sardonically and pointing down derisively. Two soldiers in cocked hats who stand in the boat waiting for Bonaparte to embark greedily hug large money-bags. A plank slants from the boat to the shore. The boat has a figure-head composed of two heads facing opposite ways wearing a single coronet. Behind the French troops is a small encampment with tricolour tents and flags. Behind this stretches a vast Turkish camp with crescent flags."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Two lines of text below title: For an illustration of the above, see the intercepted letters from the Republican General Kleber to the French Directory respecting the courage, honor & patriotic-views of "the deserter of the Army of Egypt."
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Temporary local subject terms: Expeditions: Napoleon's Egyptian campaign -- Letters -- Reference to Jean-Baptiste Kleber, 1754-1801-- Ships: Muiron -- Military: French soldiers -- Personifications: Fame -- Musical instruments: trumpets -- Visions: imperial crown and scepter with executioner's axe - Provenance
- Old Print Shop ; Mar. 1961 ;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 37 x 27 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 800.03.08.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1814 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subjects
-
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
J. Whatman > 1814
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8246413
- Object ID (OID)
- 10953022