The Cossack extinguisher [graphic]

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Description

Title
The Cossack extinguisher [graphic]
Creator
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Contributor
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created
[10 November 1813]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. Nover. 10th, 1813, by Thos. Tegg - 111 Cheapside
Abstract

"A smiling bearded Cossack strides towards the spectator, spear in hand, with the left hand he places his conical furred cap over a tiny terrified Napoleon. He says: "I'll Extinguish Your little French-- Farthing--Rush light--Master Boney." Napoleon exclaims, trying to run away: "Death and Fury!--how I burn with Rage--those "Frightful--" Contempable [sic] Cossacks has Clouded all my hopes." They are on a plateau: the head of the Cossack's horse is on the extreme left; troops are marching on the plain, where a Cossack is galloping. In the background is the walled town of Leipzig, backed by mountains."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Plate numbered "217" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3.
"Price one shilling coloured."
Annotation in ink in a contemporary hand on verso: Johnston.
Leaf 76 in volume 3.
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
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
Collection Title
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Collection / Other Creator
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1813
Etchings England London 1813
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subjects
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1813
England > London > 1813
19th century
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12882975
Object ID (OID)
16192554

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