A hard passage, or, Boney playing base on the Continent [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A hard passage, or, Boney playing base on the Continent [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Boney playing base on the Continent
Boney playing bass on the Continent - Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [24 September 1808]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Sept. 24, 1808, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
- Abstract
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"Napoleon plays a double bass, stooping forward, and looking with an agonized expression towards a music-book on a high stand, the pages headed 'Conquest of / Spain & Portugal' and ending in 'Volti Su . . . .' He says: "Plague take it! I never met with so difficult a 'passage' before - But if I can once get over the 'Flats', we shall do pretty well for you see the 'Key' will then change to B sharp." Behind Napoleon and on the right stand the Russian bear on his hind legs, muzzled, and blowing a French horn. He says: "Why that is 'Natural' enough brother Boney though this 'French horn' of yours seems rather out of Order I think." Napoleon, who wears a large bicorne, stands on a 'Map of the Continent' showing 'Spain' and 'Portugal'. Behind him are a drum and a roll of 'Boney's Orations Vol. 10th'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Watermark, mostly trimmed: J. Whatman.
Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 9 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.9 x 35 cm, on sheet 27.1 x 36 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1808
Etchings England London 1808
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1808
England > London > 1808
J. Whatman
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
- 12879423
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791972
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