A pair of specticals [sic] easely seen through [graphic].

Description

Title: A pair of specticals [sic] easely seen through [graphic].
Alternative Title: Pair of specticals easely seen through
Pair of spectacles easily seen through
Contributor: Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created: [17 June 1813]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 17 June 1813 by T. Tegg, Cheapside, London
Abstract: Political satire: With billows of smole behind it, a skeleton holding a noose and pointing to his eye dances to the left of Napoleon who stands pointing at it. In the right background is a gallows with a group of soliders standing in the distance below
Description: Title etched below image.
"355"--Upper left corner above image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted on a former album leaf; newspaper clippings dating from 1817 and 1818 are pasted on verso of mount covering a range of topics including: small pox, post horse duties, poor rate, three cases of debtors, two work related accidents, and a short humorous piece on the streets of Paris and the price of wine.
Provenance: Justin Croft; March 2019.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 37 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Clippings (information artifacts)
Satires (Visual works) England 1817
Etchings England London 1817
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic): Skeletons
Nooses
Gallows
Soldiers
French
Smoke
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Skeletons
Nooses
Gallows
Soldiers > French
Smoke
England > 1817
England > London > 1817

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.