Broken gingerbread [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Broken gingerbread [graphic]
- Creator
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Contributor
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Humphrey, G., active approximately 1820, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [21 April 1814]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. April 21st, 1814, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"A sequel to British Museum Satires No. 10518, Gillray's 'Tiddy-Doll'. Napoleon, haggard and desperate, wearing tattered uniform without the former apron and sword, walks in profile to the left, carrying on his head a large tray. On this stand three gingerbread kings, burlesqued and mutilated, with two queens, a detached head (crowned), and (right) a pile of imperial emblems: crowns, mitre, sceptre, eagle, flag, &c. On the left a bonnet rouge hangs from a staff. In the middle stands an imperial eagle with a tricolour flag to which is tied a broom showing that the contents of the tray are for sale. Napoleon says (with grimly closed mouth): "Buy my Image! Here's my nice little Gingerbread Emperor & Kings Retail and for Exportation!" Behind him is a tumbledown thatched hovel; over an aperture where more gingerbread figures are displayed is a board: 'Tiddy-Doll Gingerbread Baker. NB Removed from Paris.' Above fly three of the (carrion) birds associated in these prints with Elba. Napoleon walks towards the sea; across the water (in France) tiny figures dance holding hands round a white flag inscribed 'Vivent les Bourbons' and topped by a fleur-de-lis. Behind them is the gable-end of a rustic inn: 'The Kings Head New Revived'. A fiddler capers on the edge of the cliff, watching Napoleon."--British Museum online catalogue
"One of many satires on Napoleon's banishment, see British Museum Satires No. 12229, &c., and on the fall of the Bonaparte kings, the 'Corsican Kinglings' of British Museum Satires No. 10518. The Kings must be Joseph, Louis, and Jérôme, see British Museum Satires No. 12225, the Queens either their wives or Napoleon's sisters; they symbolize the fall of the dynasty and no precise identification is necessary. The other kings of British Museum Satires No. 10518, those who owed their crowns to Napoleon, are absent; they are now his enemies."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Artist "G.H." identified as George Humphrey in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
On verso in brown ink is the collector's stamp of Nick Knowles: A pair of crossed skis. - Provenance
- Gift of Nicholas J.S. Knowles; November 2023.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 20.3 x 25 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 814.04.21.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1814
Etchings England London 1814
Stamps (Provenance) - 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
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844
Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846
Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784-1860 - Subject (Topic)
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Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815
Military uniforms
French
Baked products
Trays
Kings
Queens
Crowns
Scepters
Miters
Liberty cap
Flags
Brooms & brushes
Birds of prey
Bodies of water
Cliffs - Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844 > Caricatures and cartoons
Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784-1860 > Caricatures and cartoons
Military uniforms > French
Baked products
Trays
Kings
Queens
Crowns
Scepters
Miters
Liberty cap
Flags
Brooms & brushes
Birds of prey
Bodies of water
Cliffs
England > 1814
England > London > 1814
Knowles, Nicholas J.S. > Stamp
Knowles, Nicholas J.S. > Donor
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16873209
- Object ID (OID)
- 33113170