"An adaptation of British Museum Satires No. 10039, by Gillray, the place of George III being taken by 'Blucher', the name on a ribbon worn over his uniform. The horse (left) is a restive charger instead of a hunter standing quietly. Blücher leans tow...
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. April 12, 1814, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852., Schwarzenberg, Karl Philipp, Fürst zu, 1771-1820., Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844., Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., and Kutuzov, Mikhail Illarionovich, svetleĭshiĭ kni︠a︡zʹ Smolenskiĭ, 1745-1813.
"Scene in an English court of law. The judge, Blücher, wearing a legal wig with regimentals, stands up with left arm extended, addressing Napoleon, who crouches in the dock (right), handkerchief in hand, pleading for mercy. Beside the judge are the s...
Alternative Title:
Europe's injuries revenged
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 28th, 1815, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria, 1793-1875, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, and Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823
In a series of three images Napoleon Bonaparte is first shown on the left as Emperor wearing royal regalia, with other crowns and pharaoh's insignia at his feet, the Tuilleries Palace behind him, signed "What I was," below and "A cruel tyrant" above. ...
Alternative Title:
What I was, what I am, what I ought to be
Description:
Title etched at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1814, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"In a bare room with a raftered roof couples are energetically dancing, holding hands behind their backs, or above their heads. The women, with one exception, are young and handsome, the men ugly and plebeian. A seated fiddler plays with closed eyes (...
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. Febry. 20, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly judge holding a large open book, 'Law . . . Statutes', addresses a juryman, who stands facing him in the jury-box, where the rest of the jury are registering disgust. He says: "Mr Juryman-- you have requested permission to retire for a few...
