Boney and his army in winter quarters [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Boney and his army in winter quarters [graphic].
- Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
- Walker, Elizabeth, active 1789-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [March 1807]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March, 1807 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
- Abstract
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"The Russian bear (left), standing on its hindlegs on the edge of a narrow stream, 'The Vistula', holds Napoleon in its forepaws. Talleyrand steps out of the stream on to the further bank (right), blowing a trumpet from which issues a billowing cloud on which he writes a dispatch with a large pen. The upper waters of the stream are inscribed 'The Bug'; a placard on a post in the water is inscribed: 'Hic Jacet - Snug - in the Bug - several thousand of the Great Nation.' The bear says: "Hush a bye! Hush a bye! take it all quietly - you'll soon find yourself as Snug as a Bug in a Rugg". Napoleon, gesticulating wildly towards Talleyrand, says: "Oh D----n the bug. I wish I had never seen it. My Dear Talley - dont tell my faithfull subjects the true state of my Situation - any thing but the truth my Dear Tally. Oh this cursed Russian Bear how close he hug me." Talleyrand, his back to his master, answers, "Leave me alone for a Bulletin." Two clouds issue from his trumpet: the smaller and darker rises: '7,000 Prisoners, 3000 drowned, 12 Eagles taken, 6,000[?] Killed.' The other cloud descends, on it Talleyrand has written, his pen by the final word: 'For Paris Grand Bulletin The august Emperor of the great Nation, informs his faithfull and beloved Subjects, that having performed Wonders on the banks of the Bug. he has now closed a glorious campaign for the season, and retired with Ease and Comfort into Winter Quarters - '. He wears a mitre, bag-wig, a gown over his suit kilted up by a girdle from which swings a rosary and an ink-pot resembling a bowl for holy water. His right leg has a bowed shin, and his shoe is raised on blocks. On the ground by the bear are Napoleon's large bicorne and sword. Behind (left) is part of the façade of a 'State Prison', surmounted by a Russian Eagle, and inscribed 'Prisoners of War.' The races of French prisoners are pressed against heavily barred windows. In the background is a large encampment."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Mounted to 32 x 47 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 31 x 46 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 807.03.00.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838 - Subject (Topic)
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Eylau, Battle of, Bagrationovsk, Russia, 1807
National emblems
Russian - Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838 > Caricatures and cartoons
Eylau, Battle of, Bagrationovsk, Russia, 1807
National emblems > Russian
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
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
- 8626887
- Object ID (OID)
- 15813987