"A justice-room in an old-fashioned country house with uncurtained mullioned window (right), raftered roof from which hangs a wicker bird-cage, and a truckle-bed turned up against the wall (left). A smart officer measures the height of a small thin yokel in a smock, under the inspection of a fat old justice, a similar old man wearing spectacles and in uniform, and a clerk, all seated at a small table. In the doorway stands a fat and pompous constable holding a staff and keeping back a crowd of countrymen who wait their turn outside the door. On the wall behind the measuring-post is a placard: 'Subtitutes [sic] for the Army of Reserve 30 Per Man Bounty.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title from bottom edge. Title supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1981,U.253., For an apparent reissue dated 1815, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 295-6., Title written in ink in a contemporary hand below image., and Mounted on leaf 49 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
"A dying and aged man reclines in an arm-chair, facing his lawyer who is writing at a table, evidently on the will; beside him is a treasure-chest. A pretty young woman leans over the scarcely conscious man, taking his chin, while her lover, a young military officer wearing a cocked hat, watches her through an eye-glass from behind the curtains of a bed."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Will of her own
Description:
Title etched below image., A copy of a Rowlandson watercolor. See British Museum catalogue., Later state, with a darker and thinner aquatint border replacing a lighter border that had probably worn from the plate. For an earlier state, see no. 11117 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Date of publication based on earlier state with the imprint "Published by Reeve and Jones, No. 7 Vere Strt., Novr. 1, 1808." See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 408., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
"Two men lie in the small truckle-beds (i.e., trundle bed) of a cheap lodging-house, one (left) asleep. An old woman holding a candle kneels at the foot of the other bed, and tugs at the wooden leg of its occupant. She says: "There is nothing like looking after Servants I always like to see that my lodgers are comfortable. --Aye here's a pretty careless trick--the warming pan left in the gentleman's bed I declare". Its owner, an angry sailor, shouts: "Hollo --Avast heaving Zounds dont pull off my timber--I went to bed half seas over and forgot to stow it alongside the hammock"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Careful landlady
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Rowlandson and artist questionably identified as Woodward in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue of a print apparently first published 10 May 1809; in this reissued state, the day and year of publication in imprint are heavily scored through but still legible. For a later state with beginning of imprint burnished from plate, see no. 11466 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "300" in upper right corner., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.1 x 33.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May [10th, 1809, by] Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
"A design in two compartments, separated by a vertical line. [1] Napoleon stands on the dais in front of a chair of state addressing rows of (burlesqued) Senators and Deputies, who listen with hostility and scepticism; some close their eyes, two take snuff. The Devil, a winged monster, clutches the back of Napoleon's chair, and leans towards him like a gargoyle-bird of prey, inspiring the speech. The dais is supported on crowns of varying patterns. The Emperor is in profile to the left, extending both arms in a propitiatory gesture; he wears plain military uniform with boots. His words are in a large label across the design ... This label hides the upper part of two pictures on the wall: a battle-piece (left), and (above Napoleon's head) '20 Flags Presented to the Empress': tiny obsequious figures present the flags, see British Museum Satires No. 12111, &c. [2] Napoleon, in profile to the right, kneels abjectly before the Allies, presenting to them a collection of crowns, including the Pope's tiara, and a sheaf of flags; these are on the ground with his cocked hat and sword; he keeps one crown tucked under his right arm. The Allies stand menacingly on the right. They are (left to right): John Bull, a fat 'cit' pugnaciously clenching his fists; a morose-looking Spaniard; a Cossack, his right hand on his sabre; an (?) Austrian officer, his sword in his left hand, and on the extreme right a Dutchman in bulky breeches, with a long pipe in his mouth. Other heads are indicated behind. Napoleon's words are in a large label ... Behind Napoleon is Talleyrand supported on a crutch; he leans forward obsequiously, saying, "What my Master has said is true So help me G--d Amen"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Devils imp praying for peace
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1814, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
"A skeleton, Death (left), seated on a cannon, his elbows on his knees, faces Napoleon, not caricatured, in a similar attitude on a drum. The 'two Kings' gaze fixedly at each other, Death menacing, Napoleon as if trying to read a terrifying riddle. Death's left foot rests on a cannon-ball, the right on the broken shaft of an eagle. Behind is a symbolical representation of the battle. The Allies advance from the left in regular formation with bayonets levelled at fleeing French soldiers. Four flags, with the eagles of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, and the Swedish cross, are held up by standard-bearers in the third rank: they recede in perspective from left to right. On the left wing are two hussars, riding down the fugitives. The main French army is streaming in wild confusion up and over a hill, diminishing in perspective. Other soldiers, pursued by hussars, flee down a hill behind Napoleon (right). Bodies of Frenchmen lie on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For an earlier state lacking the etched title and serving as the heading to a printed broadside entitled "The two kings of terror," see no. 12093 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"[Top image]: A plump, comely woman sits full-face behind a table whose surface forms the base of the design. Her dress is cut low, and her hair piled in a pyramid; her back is reflected in a large wall-mirror. On the table are trays filled with cards, dishes of fruit, a reading lamp, and a plant in a pot. A thin elderly woman, similarly dressed, stands looking at her in profile to the right. [Bottom image]: A fashionably dressed woman sits in profile to the left, at an ornate table raised above the floor of the café, studying a pamphlet or menu on which is the word 'Paris'. Her arm-chair is decorated with ornaments, the arm terminating in a ram's head. Customers and waiters (left) are on a smaller scale. Columns with ornate capitals support the roof, and the wall is decorated with large paintings of nude and heroic figures."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Titles etched below images., Variant state lacking year in artist's signature. For a state with "1814" etched after both instances of John Nixon's "J.N." initials, see nos. 12409 and 12410 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Publisher and date of publication from description of variant state in the British Museum catalogue., Two images on one plate, each with individual title and statements of responsibility etched below., Plate numbered "236" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheets 16.1 x 23.4 cm and 16.5 x 23.3 cm., Imperfect; sheet cut into upper and lower halves that are mounted separately, and plate number has been trimmed away from upper half., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Household goods are being piled into an open cart, which stands beside a corner house, the door being partly visible on the extreme right. The cart is already stacked high with mattresses, tables, &c. A burly muscular man stands inside it, taking things from a fat and slatternly but comely woman (right). She hands up a child's commode and is laden with bellows, warming-pan, chamber-pots, gridiron, &c. A pretty girl (left) brings a trap containing a mouse and a cage containing a bird. A pretty young woman is in the doorway. In the foreground two burly children play with a monstrous cat, surrounded by goods ready for transport. These are cooking utensils, mop and pail, flat-irons, &c."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Clearing the premisses without consulting your landlord and Clearing the premises without consulting your landlord
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "318" has been replaced with a new number, and imprint statement has been completely burnished from plate., Publisher from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication inferred from earlier state with the imprint: Pubd. Jany. 30th, 1814. Cf. No. 12399 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "259" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 274., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.1 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 37.5 x 25.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 4 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A confused scene. A beadle, cane in hand, grasps the side of an overturned barrow, from which a basket, scales, and black puddings (coloured green) have fallen. A powerful young woman grasps his nose, and prepares to use her fist; an older woman clutches his back and belabours him with a basket. Both are shrieking termagants with bare breasts. A dog between the beadle's legs barks. The spectators, all close to the fray, are amused: a butcher, shouldering a tray of meat, stands outside his stall (left), which is immediately behind the combatants; from it dangle large joints and a carcase. A woman passes, pushing a barrow (left). A man's grinning face watches from the right. Behind (right) is a shop placarded 'Bob Giblet Poulterer', its ancient front hidden by bunches of hares and turkeys."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Barrow women basting a beadle
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "310" has been replaced with a new number, and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pub. Feb. 10th, 1814, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12401 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "283" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 274-6., Temporary local subject terms: Butcher -- Poulterer -- Beadle., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 34.9 x 24.6 cm, on sheet 38.1 x 26.3 cm., Watermark: 1818., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An obese, elderly sailor stands atop a fortified battlement looking out to sea through a telescope. Beside him a young woman turns to kiss a handsome young military officer as she holds up her wind-swept parasol. In front of him, at his feet, another young woman looks down at a sailor who gazes up at her with admiration. An old man shivers in the wind beside a sentry who stands with his back to the sea, smiling at the scene before him
Alternative Title:
Stolen kisses sweetest
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "313" has been replaced with a new number, and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Feby. 14, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12402 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "279" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 275-6., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.2 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 37.1 x 25.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
"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 (right). Through a doorway partly covered with curtains the bride and bridegroom are seen embracing. On the wall is a placard: 'They dance in a round, cutting capers and ramping. A mercy the ground did not burst with their stamping.The floor is all wett, with leaps and with jumps, while the water and sweat, splish splash in their pumps'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "315" in upper right corner., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number from upper right. Plate number supplied from impression in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Larking., and Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
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:
"A handsome strapping woman stands in the doorway of a brothel, a corner house of some size (right), tugging hard at the neck-cloth of a plainly dressed man, saying, "Wont you come, wont you come Mr Mug [a popular song, see British Museum Satires No. 11205]." He leans back, pushing against the door-post, and the woman's chest, trying to escape, and saying: "Avaunt thee Satan." Two laughing prostitutes lean against him (left), pushing their posteriors against his, to prevent his escape; one of them, for better purchase, presses her hands and a foot against the post of the sign-board before the door. On this is a pictorial sign: 'Cat and Bagpipes'. A dog rushes barking towards the struggle. Behind (left), across the street, is a row of old houses with casement windows; washing hangs from a projecting pole."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state; former plate number "317" has been replaced with a new number, and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. March 1st, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 12404 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "261" in upper right., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 176-7., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 39.6 x 26.5 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1819., Probably a late impression from a worn plate; plate number is lightly printed and barely visible., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
"A copy, probably much enlarged, of a German print, der rheinische courier | 'verliehrt auf der Heimreise von der Leipziger Messe alles' (reproduced Broadley, ii. 117). Napoleon runs in profile to the left, holding in both hands a pole like that of a running footman, but topped by the head of the sceptre of Charlemagne (an emblem of the Empire) inscribed 'Carolus Magnus'. His head and uniform evidently derive from Dähling's engraving of Napoleon in the uniform of the Colonel of the Chasseurs of the Guard (reproduced, Dayot, 'Napoléon', p. 205), on which British Museum Satires No. 12177 is based, but on his back is the hairy knapsack of a private (as in British Museum Satires No. 12308). Its contents fly out as he runs. On the ground are two prints of French soldiers at attention, 'Alte Garde' and 'Junge Garde'; maps fall to the ground: 'Poland', 'Rhein Bund', 'Hanstat [sic] Departement', 'Sewitszerla[nd]' [sic], 'Holland', 'Italy', which has hardly left the knapsack; two rolled maps are about to fall: 'Brabant' and 'Bheisufer' [i.e. Rheinufer or Bouches du Rhin]. He runs diagonally towards a broad river, the Rhine; on the farther side are the buildings of 'Maynz', reflected in the water. Just before him runs a hare. The original, including inscriptions, is closely followed, but the hare (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12564) has been added and a bush removed."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Head runner of runaways, from Leipzig fair
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 2, 1814, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"An altered version (like British Museum Satires No. 12205) of British Museum Satires No. 11057, from the original plate. ... The shield, sinister supporter, crest and motto are the same, but the dexter supporter is altered, apparently by Rowlandson, from 'The French Devil' (Talleyrand, now a supporter of Louis XVIII) to Death, a skeleton holding up an hour-glass. This has necessitated the re-drawing of the Gallic cock at his feet, but it pecks at a crucifix as before. The (printed) text is as before (allusions to Jaffa, d'Enghien, &c.) except for the addition to the title and the descriptions of the supporters: '. . . The Gallic Cock, vainly pecking the crucifix, is symbolic of the Corsican's impiety.' The description of 'The Corsican Devil' is altered to 'Satan, wearing an Iron Crown,... cutting down the Cap of Liberty, and accompanied by the Serpent and Hyaena, the attributes of the Corsican Emperor's wily and sanguinary reign'. The inscriptions (now obsolete) hanging from the mouth of the hyena are altered to: 'Cambaceres', 'Davoust', 'Augereau', 'Sebastiani', 'Vandamme', 'Savory'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Six lines of letterpress text, followed by four additional columns of text, below title: ... the tyrant of France, who created himself Emperor of the French 18th May 1803 ..., Attributed to George Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1978,U.827., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with substantial loss of letterpress text, including publisher's and printer's statements, from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London and Harrison & Leigh, Printers, 373 Strand
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Enghien, Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon, duc d', 1772-1804, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Wright, John Wesley, 1769-1805, and Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833
"Heading to a printed broadside. A copy of British Museum Satires No. 12177, with the same inscriptions, except that 'f' is omitted after the rivers and 'Veichsel' (Vistula) is spelt 'Weichsel R. Ehrefort' ['loss of honour' punningly combined with Erfurt, scene of Napoleon's triumph in 1808, and his headquarters before Leipzig; cf. British Museum Satires No. 12248] is on a red ribbon. The web is larger in proportion to the coat, the spider much larger in proportion to the web. On the collar are waves of the sea, with an inconspicuous ship. On the cuff is 'R' (for Regent), round the wrist 'Honi Soit', on the fingers are the letters 'A', 'R', 'P', 'S', 'E' (for the Allies)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., Copy of a print by Johann Michael Voltz. See British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's and printer's statements in letterpress at bottom of sheet; additional imprint statement "Pubd. by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand, London" is etched below image., Twenty lines of letterpress text below title: The first, and last, by the wrath of Heaven Emperor of the Jacobins, Protector of the Confederation of Rogues, Mediator of the Hellish League ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides, and sheet trimmed on bottom edge with loss of printer's statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand, London and Harrison & Leigh, Printers, 373 Strand
"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 towards the pack in a fierce attitude, unlike that of the King. The grip of the hand on the fox's neck is as before, and the fox with the profile head of Napoleon registering despair is closely copied. In place of six hounds there are fourteen, six with names on their collars: 'Wellington', 'Swartsenberg', 'Crown Prince' [Bernadotte], 'D. York', 'Kutusoff', 'Row' [with a fourth letter which is perhaps 'L'], Two monarchs wearing crowns gallop up from the right, on a larger scale than the tiny horsemen headed by Pitt in British Museum Satires No. 10039. In the background (right) is a flaming town."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
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.
"Napoleon runs away from Talleyrand, who aims a violent kick at him with the heavy surgical shoe on his right foot, raising his crutched stick to smite the fugitive. Napoleon holds his hat, a bicorne, and looks over his shoulder with a terrified stare to say: "Votre tres humble Serviteur Monsieur Tally." Talleyrand, furiously vindictive, exclaims: "Va ten Cocquin I'll crack your Crown you pitiful Vagabond." He holds a bulky document: 'Abdication or the Last Dying Speech of a Murderer Who is to be difered [sic] into the hands of the Devil the first fair Wind.' Beside Napoleon a gibbet with a dangling noose serves as sign-post, pointing 'To the Isle of Elba'. Across a piece of water on the extreme left is an islet on which is a high gallows from which hang six tiny corpses. In the background a British sailor with a bludgeon is running by the shore; he says: "What let him sneak of without a Mark or a Scratch No No I'll darken his Day Lights for him." Behind Talleyrand maimed French soldiers are running forward as fast as crutches and infirmity allow. Three have fallen; the foremost says: "Bone him my Tight little Tally"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Kick for kick
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 19 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 17th April 1814 by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
"Napoleon (left) looks up terrified at an arm holding a sword emerging from clouds (right), with the words: "Thou'rt doom'd to Pain, at which the Damn'd will tremble | And take their own for Joys--." The sword has a jagged blade, intended to symbolize flames. He wears plain uniform with epaulets; his small bicorne is falling off. On the right, beneath the avenging arm, is Napoleon's chair of state, overturned; beside it are heaped a large fringed canopy or curtain, a spiky crown (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12252), and sceptre. From behind the folds of the curtain the Devil emerges, winged and ferocious; he grasps Napoleon's leg. Beside Napoleon is a pile of crowns and gold plate. There are heavy clouds behind Napoleon and on the right, above and below the arm and sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: Empire and victory be all forsaken, to plagues, poverty, disgrace & shame, strip me of all my dignities and crowns. Take O take your sceptres back. Spare me but life., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1, 1814, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
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. In the second image his weeping figure in military uniform is shown on the tiny island of Elba, and is signed "What I am," below and "A snivelling wretch" above. Lastly, on the right, his corpse hangs from a gibbet, his hat fallen to the ground and ass's ears exposed on his head, with caption "What I ought to be" below and "Hung for a fool" above
Alternative Title:
What I was, what I am, what I ought to be
Description:
Title etched at bottom of plate., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.4 x 34.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 23 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1814, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Irish jaunting car -- Dogs -- Horses -- Female costume, 1814 -- Male costume, 1814 -- Parasols -- Walking-sticks., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.8 x 34 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1814, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A coastal fortification: a sentry stands beside a cannon, but in the foreground three soldiers amuse themselves with a buxom laughing woman; one is a drummer-boy, his drum slung from his back. Another soldier sleeps, his head on a drum; cannon-balls lie beside him, and on the left is a mortar and balls. Behind, two men flirt with a woman whose profile is on the extreme left. Above them flies the Royal Standard, with the fleur-de-lis quartering abandoned in 1801, and otherwise incorrect. On a distant promontory is a castle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "324" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Soldier -- Female costume, 1814-- Musical instruments: Drum -- Weapons: Mortar and balls -- Flags., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.1 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 37.8 x 26 cm., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 8th, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
