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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1813]
- Call Number:
- Drawings R79 no. 22 Box D305
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The arms of two gibbets extend symmetrically, high above a bonfire; between them is an equally high post supporting a board on which the title is etched. From one (right) dangles a realistic effigy of Napoleon (scarcely caricatured) in cocked hat, uniform, and Hessian boots. From the other hangs a ruffianly fellow holding a dark lantern. They face each other in profile
- Description:
- Title from ink annotation, centered at the top of the sheet within the design., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson., and Preliminary pencil sketch of a print published by R. Ackermann on 27 November 1813. Cf. No. 12103 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9.
- Subject (Name):
- Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Hangings (Executions), Gallows, and Bonfires
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Execution of two celebrated enemies of Old England & their dying speeches, Nov. 5th, 1813 [art orignal].
