The Gallic magi led by the imperial comet [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The Gallic magi led by the imperial comet [graphic]
- Creator
- Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [24 September 1811]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Sepr. 24, 1811, by Thos. Tegg - 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
-
"Napoleon and Marie Louise are awkwardly seated on a throne (right) watching a comet representing the King of Rome, while the child's gouvernante proudly holds him up to gaze at the phenomenon through a telescope. The comet is a disk containing a naked child wearing a cocked hat, and holding a bowl; a gallic cock stands on his posterior, from which the comet's tail issues, reaching the real child. Five grotesque and elderly Frenchmen kneel with gestures of adoration (left); one kisses the toe which the Empress holds out. They have plans of the heavens; on the ground beside them is a plan showing the child-comet surrounded by stars and a waning moon. Napoleon wears a plumed bicorne and Hessian boots; he looks through a telescope, seated on the edge of the throne, right leg raised and resting on Marie Louise. The King of Rome, who as usual has his father's features (see British Museum Satires No. 11719), wears a similar hat and a little shirt. His gouvernante, Mme de Montesquiou, is dressed as nourrice rather than court lady. The throne is surrounded by draperies supported on pillars; it is surmounted by the iron crown of Italy and the back and arms are formed of carved eagles."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Plate numbered "92" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2.
"Price one shilling coloured."
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 34 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 24.8 x 36 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 42 cm
- Language
-
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
Watermarks (Paper) 1817 - 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
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832
Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847 - 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
England > 1811
England > London > 1811
1817
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
- Catalog Record
- 12853529
- Object ID (OID)
- 16871341
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