A kiss at the congress a legitimate embrace at Aix la Chapelle between Alexander the Great and Louis the Large, & others of the dramatis persona. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A kiss at the congress a legitimate embrace at Aix la Chapelle between Alexander the Great and Louis the Large, & others of the dramatis persona. [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Political-dandies
- Creator
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [18 November 1818]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Nov. 18, 1818, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilli [sic] & 114 Oxford Street
- Abstract
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"Louis XVIII, grotesquely obese (left), and the Tsar kiss, their lips touching. Louis, whose head is much the larger, grasps the back of Alexander's head; the Tsar bends from the waist to reach beyond the King's paunch. Louis, with the gouty legs and old-fashioned gold-embroidered coat and waistcoat of English caricature, wears the order of the Saint Esprit. The Tsar, in uniform, has the high pinched waist and bulging breast of the dandy (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13029) with enormous cavalry boots to the thigh, huge epaulets, and a sash, but no sword. He says: "My Dear Legitimate Brother (tho I believe I call Boney the same) I am happy to serve you tho your cursed Country Men almost destroyed my country--" Louis answers: "Ma Chere [sic] Ami, I am so rejoiced at your Brotherly Kindness in putting off our payment & takeing off your Troops that I could Devour you." The embrace is watched by two Frenchmen on the left, and on the right by the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Austria, and a young man (? Napoleon's son). Frederick William wears dandified uniform like that of the Tsar but with long trousers; he supports a large sword hanging from a belt, and holds a huge cocked hat; he watches the embrace with distaste, saying, "I am obliged to follow the Leaders at Present." Francis I says: "I must agree for the moment but I have a Grandson." One Frenchman wears uniform with top-boots; he says: "De Legitimate francais be too much for John Bull de manoeuvre by Gar ve want de Time & we show dem vat ve intend." His companion, an elderly man wearing a court suit with a powdered wig (Richelieu attended the Conference on behalf of France) says delightedly: "Ah-ha he do him vid Compliments & den we do them out of the Money." Behind them is a row of melancholy knock-kneed Grenadiers."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge. - Provenance
- Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 3 October 2018, lot 297. Purchased through Jarndyce; October 2018.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24.4 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.2 x 37 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 818.11.18.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1818
Etchings England London 1818 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840
Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832
Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de, 1766-1822 - Subject (Topic)
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Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle
Heads of state
Kings
Summit meetings
Kissing
Obesity
Dandies - Subjects
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Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840 > Caricatures and cartoons
Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832 > Caricatures and cartoons
Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de, 1766-1822 > Caricatures and cartoons
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818)
Heads of state
Kings
Summit meetings
Kissing
Obesity
Dandies
England > 1818
England > London > 1818
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- Access
- Public
- Rights
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Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13824584
- Object ID (OID)
- 16704597