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1.
A congress for peace [graphic]

Creator:
Brooke, William Henry, 1772-1860, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 September 1813]
Call Number:
813.09.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate from the 'Satirist', xiii. 193. In the text the title continues '. . ., "alias" War'. A satire on the Congress of Prague. Four sovereigns, completely unlike the men in question, in conference. The Tsar sits behind a small rectangular table on w...
Alternative Title:
Satirist 1st September 1813
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Heads of state, Summit meetings, Cannons, Flags, Military uniforms, Daggers & swords, Crowns, and Chains
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A congress for peace [graphic]

2.
A little man's night's comforts, or, Boney's visions [graphic]

Published / Created:
pubd. 14 July 1803.
Call Number:
803.07.14.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Napoleon in bed wearing a nightshirt holds a map of Malta while visions of soldiers poisoned in the hospital at Jaffe, the massacre at Paris 18 Vendémiaire, the invasion of England, ghosts of the 3800 murdered Turks on the sand hills of Syria, the su...
Alternative Title:
Boney's visions
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 and Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A little man's night's comforts, or, Boney's visions [graphic]

3.
A merry go-round in honor of the peace [graphic]

Creator:
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1802]
Call Number:
802.00.00.33+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on the Peace of Amiens between France and England, with caricatures of national figures (Holland, Russia, Britain, Spain, Turkey and Prussia) dancing to Napoleon's tune. Napoleon stands at right with pipe and tambourine singing 'Ah ci-ira, ci...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-row, Holborn
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Pipes (Smoking), Pipes (Musical instruments), Tambourines, and Dance
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A merry go-round in honor of the peace [graphic]

4.
A representation of the present state of France [graphic].

Published / Created:
August 13, 1804.
Call Number:
804.08.13.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Napoleon, pushing an officer before him through a pillared doorway, looks back to speak to a monk and a sansculotte, shackled together, who drag a car in which is an imperial crown. They hold a large scroll inscribed: 'Most religious Sovereign - the ...
Description:
Title printed in letterpress above image.
Publisher:
Published by L. Mayer, as the act directs and Bryer, printer, Bridge Street, Blackfriars
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, French, Monks, Flags, Ethnic stereotypes, Shackles, Crowns, Columns, Demons, and Maps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A representation of the present state of France [graphic].

5.
After the invasion the levée en masse, or, Britons strike home. [graphic]

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 August 1803]
Call Number:
802.08.06.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three volunteers or militiamen, three-quarter length figures, exult at the head of Bonaparte which one of them (right) holds up on a pitchfork, saying, "Here he is Exalted my Lads 24 Hours after Landing." The head is in profile to the left, the sharp...
Alternative Title:
Levée en masse, or, Britons strike home and Britons strike home
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 6th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Soldiers, British, French, Militias, Pitchforks, Heads (Anatomy), Decapitations, and War casualties
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > After the invasion the levée en masse, or, Britons strike home. [graphic]

6.
Britannia correcting an unruly boy [graphic]

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[13 June 1803]
Call Number:
803.06.13.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Britannia, tall and powerful, holds Napoleon across her knee, and raises a birch rod to thrash his bleeding posterior. She wears Roman draperies, with corslet and plumed helmet. The rod is tied with a ribbon inscribed: 'United Kingdoms'. She says: "T...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 13th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Britannia (Symbolic character), Spanking, Warships, and French
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia correcting an unruly boy [graphic]

7.
Broken gingerbread [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 April 1814]
Call Number:
814.04.21.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sequel to British Museum Satires No. 10518, Gillray's 'Tiddy-Doll'. Napoleon, haggard and desperate, wearing tattered uniform without the former apron and sword, walks in profile to the left, carrying on his head a large tray. On this stand three g...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 21st, 1814, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846, and Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784-1860
Subject (Topic):
Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815, Military uniforms, French, Baked products, Trays, Kings, Queens, Crowns, Scepters, Miters, Liberty cap, Flags, Brooms & brushes, Birds of prey, Bodies of water, and Cliffs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Broken gingerbread [graphic]

8.
Cossacks, flying to annoy vide Buonaparte's 28th bulletin / [graphic]

Published / Created:
[not before 1813]
Call Number:
813.00.00.26
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three Cossacks on horseback pretend to flee from French soldiers. See British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Sidebotham, Sackville St.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Cavalry, French, Russian, and Military retreats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cossacks, flying to annoy vide Buonaparte's 28th bulletin / [graphic]

9.
Execution of two celebrated enemies of Old England & their dying speeches, Nov. 5th, 1813 [art

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, uni...
Description:
Title from ink annotation, centered at the top of the sheet within the design.
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].

10.
Explicacion de las armas y telamones de Napoleon Bonaparte, quien por si mismo se ha creado

Published / Created:
[1808?]
Call Number:
808.00.00.40+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image, in Spanish.
Publisher:
Printed by Harding and Wright ...
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, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
Subject (Topic):
Coats of arms, Devil, Pitchforks, Flags, French, Globes, Daggers & swords, Liberty cap, Roosters, Crucifixes, and Hourglasses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Explicacion de las armas y telamones de Napoleon Bonaparte, quien por si mismo se ha creado Emperador es decir, el Corso, ahora Azote de Europa. [graphic]

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