The Corsican toad under a harrow [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The Corsican toad under a harrow [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- 1813 November 27
- Copyright Date
- [27 November 1813]
- Publisher
- R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
- Abstract
-
"Napoleon (right) lies on his face under the sharp teeth of a harrow; two ropes are attached to it, at each of which representatives of three nations are tugging. In the foreground a British sailor hauls behind him a Spanish don in slashed tunic and breeches, feathered hat, cloak, and ruff. The third is a man of nondescript appearance wearing a cap with a drooping peak, probably intended to represent Sicily, which the British had held as an outpost against Napoleon. On the other rope the chief figure is a Prussian hussar; next him is (?) a Swede in a fur cap, and on the end of the rope a man wearing a cavalry helmet of French type is probably intended for an Austrian. These six fill the left of the design. Russia is represented by a bearded Cossack who stands on the right, prodding at Napoleon with his long spear. On the harrow sits a fat Dutchman, smoking his pipe with a fiercely preoccupied expression, with his left hand in his breeches pockets. Napoleon, much distressed, cries: "Oh this heavy Dutchman. O had I not enough to bear before!!!" Two birds swoop down from the left; one says: "I smell Carrion"."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.3 x 33.7 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. 12
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
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.
- Citation
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9, no. 12104
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 259
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12946153
- Object ID (OID)
- 11794983