"Napoleon, immensely elongated, bestrides a prancing horse on the summit of a globe on which 'Swisserla[nd]', 'Germany', and 'Italy' are marked, the upper part only being within the design. Napoleon, in profile to the left, holds a drawn sword inscribed 'Vive La Republique'. The horse is crowned; its collar is inscribed 'Power', the tail-strap 'Libertas'. Below the title: 'A Design for an Intended Statue on the Place la Liberté at Paris.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Design for an intended statue on the Place La Liberteʹ at Paris
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Printmaker and imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Consulate.
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Plate numbered 'No. X' in upper right corner., Plate from: London und Paris, April, 1802., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: National Debt., and Mounted to 35 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"A street-lamp containing three gas-jets stands like a light-house on a rough stone mound between the sea (right) and a hill; these are lit by rays from the lamp which irradiate a dark sky and impinge upon a waning moon with a profile inset in a dark circle, and a dusky sun whose irradiated face looks out from clouds."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title from text in image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Text below title: Extract from Moore's Almanack for the year 1811., Six lines of quoted verse at bottom of plate: "And it shall come to pass, that Mr. Winsor's Patent Gas, will very soon eclipse the Moon, and when that's done put out the Sun.", For a variant state with publisher's street address and day of publication present in imprint statement, see no. 11606 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Mounted on leaf 89 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and Watermark: 1803.
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two columns of caption text below design., Plate numbered '339' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1803.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
