Boney turned moralist [graphic]
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11799681
Description
- Title
- Boney turned moralist [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- What I was, what I am, what I ought to be
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 May 1814]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 1st, 1814, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
- Abstract
-
In a series of three images Napoleon Bonaparte is first shown on the left as Emperor wearing royal regalia, with other crowns and pharaoh's insignia at his feet, the Tuilleries Palace behind him, signed "What I was," below and "A cruel tyrant" above. In the second image his weeping figure in military uniform is shown on the tiny island of Elba, and is signed "What I am," below and "A snivelling wretch" above. Lastly, on the right, his corpse hangs from a gibbet, his hat fallen to the ground and ass's ears exposed on his head, with caption "What I ought to be" below and "Hung for a fool" above
- Description
-
Title etched at bottom of plate.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.4 x 34.2 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 23 of volume 13 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 : sheet 24 x 35 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. 13
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1814
Etchings England London 1814 - Material
- etching, hand-colored ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- French
- Subject (Name)
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic)
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Military uniforms
Crowns
Scepters
Gallows - Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Military uniforms > French > 19th century
Crowns
Scepters
Gallows
England > 1814
England > London > 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
- 6762355
- Object ID (OID)
- 11799681
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