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 surrender of Ajacio in 1793, Wellington seeking revenge, his attempted poisoning, and murder by his own soldiers fill the room
Alternative Title:
Boney's visions
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist tentatively identified as Lt-Col Thomas Braddyll, a young amateur who supplied designs for satirical prints to James Gillray. See British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., For a later print with a similar theme and title, see no. 11736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9., and Watermark: Russel & Co. 1799.
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
Title etched below image., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Four lines of caption below title: "It was in Switzerland I recollect, during a severe Winter, that a peasant his wife & four children, a cow, three goats & a jack ass, subsisted four months in the heart of a large turnip"____You are very right, I was at Zurich, at the same time & there was then making a copper boiler of such magnitude that altho' 30 men were employ'd hammering in the inside, they were at such a distance, as not to hear the sound of each others hammers"____"Bless my soul, what did they want with such a large copper?____Why to boil your turnip in.", Plate numbered '322' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1, 1803, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"A middle-aged man in gold-laced coat and waistcoat, with powdered hair and pigtail, bows stiffly in profile to the left. with a grimace of pleased surprise. He puts his right. hand across his breast, holds a tricorne hat at arm's length, and extends a pointed r. toe. A boarded floor and a wall form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Watermark: J. Whatman 1811., and Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Publishd. Jany. 10th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Title from item., Number 284 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of caption below title: (A polite bow from both parties) Lord. "Sir your face is quite familiar to me, I must have seen you somewhere before, will you do me the honor to tell me your name.", Plate numbered '284' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Margate -- Bathing Machine -- Fan -- Parasol -- Pantaloons.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1803 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A slim young man, fashionably dressed, stands chapeau-bras, with clasped hands, facing a gouty invalid; he says: "Stand at ease". The invalid, wearing a night-cap, sits in an armchair, his swathed and gouty legs on a stool, his hands and fore-arms also covered with wrappings. He answers, his face distorted with pain, "Yes - its very fine talking - but if you had such a Confounded Gout, as I have young man You'd find it d----d difficult to sit at ease"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Reissue by Tegg of a plate first published ca. 1803(?) by Piercy Roberts. Roberts's imprint is mostly obscured with etched lines but is still partially legible. See British Museum online catalogue., Plate numbered "286" 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., 1 print : etching, hand colored ; sheet 259 x 348 mm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of bottom edge of title.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A slim young man, fashionably dressed, stands chapeau-bras, with clasped hands, facing a gouty invalid; he says: "Stand at ease". The invalid, wearing a night-cap, sits in an armchair, his swathed and gouty legs on a stool, his hands and fore-arms also covered with wrappings. He answers, his face distorted with pain, "Yes - its very fine talking - but if you had such a Confounded Gout, as I have young man You'd find it d----d difficult to sit at ease"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Reissue by Tegg of a plate first published ca. 1803(?) by Piercy Roberts. Roberts's imprint is mostly obscured with etched lines but is still partially legible. See British Museum online catalogue., Plate numbered "286" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately?, and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A slim young man, fashionably dressed, stands chapeau-bras, with clasped hands, facing a gouty invalid; he says: "Stand at ease". The invalid, wearing a night-cap, sits in an armchair, his swathed and gouty legs on a stool, his hands and fore-arms also covered with wrappings. He answers, his face distorted with pain, "Yes - its very fine talking - but if you had such a Confounded Gout, as I have young man You'd find it d----d difficult to sit at ease"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Reissue by Tegg of a plate first published ca. 1803(?) by Piercy Roberts. Roberts's imprint is mostly obscured with etched lines but is still partially legible. See British Museum online catalogue., Plate numbered "286" 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., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Leaf 61 in volume 4.
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Two lines of caption below title: "I am glad to see you my dear Tom, but you must excuse me asking you in this morning. I've a particular quiz with me: an old Colonel & he hates strangers." "O' very well my boy I'll excuse you: I suppose he was here last night; I see his boots.", Plate numbered '320' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1, 1803, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verse wrapping around title: Miss Dolly was jaunting one day in the wind, her pockets and petticoats leaveing [sic] behind,..., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Temporary local subject terms: Jack Frost -- Muffs -- Transparent Dresses -- Fabric: Muslin.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 2nd, 1803 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
