The Holy Alliance unmasked [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The Holy Alliance unmasked [graphic]
- Creator
- Purcell, E. (Edward), printmaker
- Contributor
- Dickinson, Joseph, 1780-1849, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [February 1823]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published Feb. 1823 by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond St.
- Abstract
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"Caricature of the Holy Alliance (the rulers of Russia, Spain, Austria and Britain) seated round a table plotting to restore Ferdiand of Spain to his throne"--British Museum online catalogue
Satire depicting the The Quintuple Alliance (Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, Louis Antoine de Bourbon, duc d’Angoulême and the Duke of Wellington) debating the question of the Spanish succession and French intervention in Spain at the 1822 Congress of Verona. Losers in the negotiation are depicted as tiny doll-like figures trampled under the table. Masks are scattered on the floor and animal symbolism includes a bear, a monkey and a pair of bulldogs
- Description
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Title from text above image.
Print signed within lower left corner of image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Manuscript number "65" in upper right corner of sheet. - Provenance
- Justin Croft; April 2023.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26.3 x 34 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 823.02.00.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1823
Lithographs England London 1823 - Material
- lithograph ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835
Angoulême, Louis-Antoine d'Artois, duc d', 1775-1844
Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833.
Congress of Verona - Subject (Topic)
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Bulldogs
Monkeys
Bears
Masks
Flags
Globes - Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835 > Caricatures and cartoons
Angoulême, Louis-Antoine d'Artois, duc d', 1775-1844 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833
Congress of Verona (1822)
Bulldogs
Monkeys
Bears
Masks
Flags
Globes
England > 1823
England > London > 1823
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16649311
- Object ID (OID)
- 33117077