Tirania [graphic].

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Title: Tirania [graphic].
Contributor: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist.
Published / Created: pubd. Novr. 1818.
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: Washington
Abstract: Ferdinand VII, seated on a throne on a low platform inscribed "TIRANIA", is flanked by two advisers, the Devil on the left and a friar on the right. At the friar's feet, in the foreground, a demon burns newspapers with a firebrand. Tortures of the Inquisition are seen in the background
Description: Title from text in image.
A close copy, with same imprint but with other inscriptions translated into Spanish, of a print by George Cruikshank entitled "The curse of Spain". Cf. No. 13009 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.
Six lines of text below image: En tanto que los bravos españoles, Derramaban su sangre por Fernando, El á Napoleon felicitaba, Por las victorias que en el suelo hispano, Sus sanguinárias huestes conseguian-- Ved las hazañas de este Monstruo infando. La Ferdinanda. Lib. 1. v. 129.
Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 1303.
Cf. Reid, G.W. A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 868.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1818.
Provenance: Roy Young Bookseller; March 2020.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.3 x 32.9 cm, on sheet 28.0 x 40.8 cm
Language: Spanish
English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1818
Etchings England London 1818
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1818
Material: etching ; and wove paper, hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic): Podiums
Thrones
Crowns
Fools' caps
Scepters
Skulls
Devil
Monks
Axes
Nooses
Demons
Newspapers
Punishment & torture
Gallows
Subjects: Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833 > Caricatures and cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Podiums
Thrones
Crowns
Fools' caps
Scepters
Skulls
Devil
Monks
Axes
Nooses
Demons
Newspapers
Punishment & torture
Gallows
England > 1818
England > London > 1818
J. Whatman > 1818

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