BEIN 2006 Folio 21: No. 9 of 63 items bound together. Three columns pasted on paper measuring 39 x 25 cm., Caption title., and Reprinted in Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid, p. 22.
An anti-Napoleon broadside including an engraved, cartographic bust of Napoleon above two columns of letterpress in Dutch, German, English and French. The face of Napoleon is formed of carcases of war victims: on the collar are waves of the sea; a "hand" is placed as the epaulet while 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). A drawing the Rhenish Confedracy [sic] under the flimsy symbol of the cobweb: and the "spider" is a symbolic emblem of the vigilance of the Allies
Description:
Title from letterpress caption above text., The name "Napoleon" appears four times below image, above each section in Dutch, English, French, and German. Text in English begins: The first, and last, by the wrath of Heaven Emperor of the Jacobins ..., Engraved image of Napoleon: plate mark 22.7 x 15.9 cm., The satirical Napoleon portrait is a copy of the original by Voltz; Cf. No. 12177 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Place and date of publication based on English-language version of the print published in London by Ackermann in 1814; Cf. No. 12202 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Natural stock doctor, or, Bubbling bubble master., Publication date from Stephens., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '3' within image., Earlier text burnished from plate between image and verse., Two columns of verse in Dutch below image: Heb niet veel muts op dese bol: Hy schynt geheel de gek te scheeren ..., and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm.
Title etched above image., Date supplied by curator., From an edition of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid" or "The Great Mirror of Folly"., Below image are twenty-four lines of verse in Dutch., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Parrots, and Physicians
Kate, Herman Frederik Carel ten, 1822-1891, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1891]
Call Number:
Print00660
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printer's location., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Discolored. Brittle. Edges frayed. Foxing. 2x2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified and Steendr P.W. v.d. Weyer, Utrecht
BEIN 2006 Folio 21: No. 11 of 63 items bound together. Laid into sheets measuring 37 x 25 cm., Caption title., At end: Aldus gedaan ende gearresteert binnen Gouda den 23. september 1720., and Signature: A⁴.
