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., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1818.
Publisher:
Washington
Subject (Name):
Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
