Nursing the spawn of a tyrant, or, Frenchmen sick of the breed [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Nursing the spawn of a tyrant, or, Frenchmen sick of the breed [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Frenchmen sick of the breed
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [14 April 1811]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. April 14th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
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"Marie Louise shrinks in terror from her baby son, seated on her knee, who threatens her with a dagger. In his left hand is the orb which he seems about to hurl at her. He wears a cocked hat and has the features of his father in profile to the left. Napoleon draws aside a curtain (right); his profile (to the right), expression, and cocked hat resemble those of his son, as in British Museum Satires No. 11719. The Empress: "There's no Condition sure so curst as mine--Day and Night to dandle such a Dragon--The little Angry Cur snarls while it feeds--See how the Blood is settled in his Scarecrow Face--what brutal mischief sits upon his Brow--Rage and Vengeance sparkle in his Cheeks--the very spawn and spit of its Tyrant Father--Nay now I look again he is the very Picture of his Grandfather the Devil". In her alarm she kicks over a child's commode (right); a saucepan and spoon lie on the floor. On the extreme left appears the head of a mitred bishop (probably Fesch), who raises an arm, as if from the floor or below it, holding up to the Empress a goblet inscribed 'Composing Draught'. Beside him, a sinister face, behind the Empress's chair, looks up to say: "Send him to his Grand Pappa as quick as possible"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered "68" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2.
Leaf 77 in volume 2. - Provenance
- Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left. Myers; May 1942.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35 x 25 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 26 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.2
- Collection Title
- V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1811
Etchings England London 1811 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832
Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847
Fesch, Joseph, 1763-1839 - Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832 > Caricatures and cartoons
Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fesch, Joseph, 1763-1839 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1811
England > London > 1811
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > 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
- 12859181
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192499