"Two wooden shutters, the upper parts of two adjacent doors, hinged on one post between two cottages, are opened inwards, to allow a handsome young couple to lean out and kiss. Behind the young woman (left) stands a bald and aged man, raising an admonishing forefinger. Behind the man an elderly virago screams with a threatening gesture. On a hook on the central post is a cage with two billing birds, which the young man is holding up. A cat clambers up towards the girl; a dog (right) dashes in fury towards a cock which is pecking a hen."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Plate numbered "235" in upper right corner., Probably a reissue; final digit of "1815" in printmaker's signature appears to have been altered, and beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate. See British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
"Napoleon, on a galloping horse, is confronted by Blücher (right) who fires a blunderbuss at close range. He is pursued by Wellington (left) who gallops towards him, sabre in hand. Napoleon has lost his stirrups; he faces Blücher with arms thrown wide in a gesture of despair. His crown flies from his head, and six eagles (or geese) fly off to the left, above Wellington. In the background, among smoke, cavalry in wild flight (right) and wild pursuit (left) are indicated."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Rudolph Ackermann's transparency on the victory of Waterloo
Description:
Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von,--1742-1819--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley,--Duke of,--1769-1852--Caricatures and cartoons.
"The scene is the throne-room in the Tuileries, indicated by a part of the throne on its dais on the extreme right, on which are the (discarded) throne and sceptre, and by a large whole length portrait of Louis XVIII, scowling and caricatured, inscribed 'Louis le Bien Aimé'. Napoleon as Harlequin (as in British Museum Satires Nos. 10060, 12515), in parti-coloured tights, a dagger in each hand, leaps through an opening cut in the canvas, hounded by the monarchs of Europe. The portrait (right) shows the fat king holding orb and sceptre, with eyes closed or downcast. The canvas from waist to knees of the portrait is cut neatly away, leaving the King's gouty feet resting squarely on a footstool. Just behind Harlequin is the fat King of Würtemberg on his knees (and paunch) firing a pair of pistols at the fugitive. Across his posterior is the word 'Clown'. Beside him Ferdinand of Spain falls backwards, overbalanced by an attempt to kick ; his crown falls off and he flourishes a sword. He is identified by his slashed doublet, cloak, and flapped boots. Behind (left) a fat powerful Cossack, representing Russia, prods Napoleon with his long spear. He wears a fur cap, trousers tucked into his boots, and has a pair of pistols in his belt. Farther back is the Emperor of Austria wearing a wallet inscribed 'Pantaloon'. He is bearded, slippered, spectacled, and lean, wearing a crown and a dressing-gown. He shuffles forward with clenched fists, holding a dagger. On the extreme left is the Pope, wearing a mitre and holding a headsman's axe against his shoulder. Other figures are nearer the wall which forms a background. Foremost of these is the King of Prussia, close behind Napoleon and firing a blunderbuss. Next is the grotesque Dutchman who stands for the new King of Holland, smoking a pipe, and firing a musket with a fiercely intent expression. Three unidentified crowned heads, and a sharp profile ( ? Bernadotte) with bayonets and spear, and an arm holding up a spiked club make up the crowd of attackers. One of the monarchs takes down from the wall (or hangs up) a three-quarter length portrait of 'Columbine', a young woman with a feathered hat and plump arms held akimbo. She is either Marie Louise (as in British Museum Satires No. 12515), or, according to Broadley, the Duchesse d'Angoulême, an identification supported by the position of her portrait in the same room as that of Louis XVIII."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Title etched below image., and Two lines of text below title: With entire new music, dances, dresses, scenery, machinery &c &c. The principle [sic] characters to be supported by most of the great potentates in Europe, Harlequin by Mr. Napoleon, Clown by King Wirtemberg, Pantaloon Emperor of Austria. To conclude with a comic song to be sung by the Pope and a grand chorus by the crown'd heads. Vivant Rex et Regina.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Angoulême, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte,--duchesse d',--1778-1851--Caricatures and cartoons., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Charles--XIV John,--King of Sweden and Norway,--1763-1844--Caricatures and cartoons., Ferdinand--VII,--King of Spain,--1784-1833--Caricatures and cartoons., Francis--I,--Emperor of Austria,--1768-1835--Caricatures and cartoons., Frederick William--III,--King of Prussia,--1770-1840--Caricatures and cartoons., Frederick--I,--King of Württemberg,--1754-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Louis--XVIII,--King of France,--1755-1824--Caricatures and cartoons., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., and Pius--VII,--Pope,--1742-1823--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Napoleon, not caricatured, stands on a balcony, leaning forward to look down at the scene which Death, a skeleton, points out. He wears his petit-chapeau, and his uniform, without orders, is buttoned to the neck. Death is perched on the parapet, turning his head to the left, to stare in Napoleon's face; in his right hand is his javelin; he points with outstretched left hand. His hour-glass stands on the parapet, which is inscribed 'More Horrors' and 'Death and Destruction'. Below (right) are the heads and shoulders of a mob with pikes, bayonets, and imperial eagles. There are two heads on pikes. Behind them are the roofs and towers of a corner of Paris, with a domed church surmounted by a cross. Close behind Napoleon stand four of his marshals or generals, staring down at the scene of bloodshed. Next the Emperor is Ney, his hand on his sword; the others are probably Vandamme, Davout, and Lefebvre, as in British Museum Satires No. 12527. The Devil stands behind, grasping Ney and Napoleon in his hairy arms. His grinning head looks to the left, between those of his victims. Two pistols, a dagger, and axe lie on the parapet."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Corsican and his bloodhounds at the window of the Thuilleries looking over Paris
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Davout, Louis Nicolas,--duc d'Auerstædt et prince d'Eckmühl,--1770-1823--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Lefèbvre, Francois-Joseph,--duc de Dantzick, maréchal de France,--1755-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., Ney, Michel,--duc d'Elchingen,--1769-1815--Caricatures and cartoons., and Vandamme, Dominique,--1770-1830--Caricatures and cartoons--Caricatures and cartoons.
"A tall French soldier, swarthy, mustachioed, muscular, and sinister stands almost full-face, his mouth open as if shouting. In his large cocked hat are three large favours, one white inscribed 'Vive Le Roi', one tricolour inscribed 'Vive Le Empereur', the uppermost and largest, 'Vive Le Diable', is pink. He holds his musket by the barrel, the butt resting on the ground, in his left hand he holds out a snuff-box. His uniform is neat, but his feet are bare, except for remnants of leather across the instep. By his head in large letters: 'French Constancy' (left) and 'French Integrity' (right). Behind and on a smaller scale are emblems of fickleness: a windmill (left) represents 'French Stability'; an ape and cat embracing, both on their hind-legs, represents: 'French Union between the National Guard and Troops of the Line'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Vive le roi! Vive le empereur. Vive le diable
Description:
Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of artist's signature., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Date assigned by curator., Design attributed to Rowlandson by curator., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
