A political cartoon with 42 bust caricatures of members of a conspiracy discovered by no. 1 "La Vigilance du Gouvernement Français", a rooster or the Gallic cock, depicted at top center, holding "Correspondance de Mr. Draque - Ambassadeur de la Cour ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., and Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
Subject (Topic):
History, National emblems, French, Roosters, Conspiracy, Enemies, and Faces
A collection of documents bearing the signatures of rulers or important personages of France; most are preceded or followed by an engraving of the person. Mounted so that both sides of the document are visible
Description:
In French, English, Italian, Latin and Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and France
Subject (Name):
Anne, Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1666., Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589, Charles VIII, King of France, 1470-1498, Charles IX, King of France, 1550-1574, Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836, Eugénie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1826-1920, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1578-1637, Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547, Francis II, King of France, 1544-1560, Henry II, King of France, 1519-1559, Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589, Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610, Louis XI, King of France, 1423-1483, Louis XII, King of France, 1462-1515, Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850, Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531, Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Marie Leszczyńska, Queen, consort of Louis XV, King of France, 1703-1768, Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642, Marie-Thérèse, Queen, consort of Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1683, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
"A bear (right), wearing Cossack trousers and an imperial crown surmounted by a double-headed eagle, runs off to the right. He carries a piece of mountainous country inscribed Greece on which kneels a tiny Greek in profile to the left, exclaiming Save...
Alternative Title:
Imperial bears grease or a peep into futurity
Description:
Title from caption below image; the letters "a" and "s" in the word "grease" are crossed out and the letters "e" and "c" etched above to form the word "Greece."
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836
Subject (Topic):
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Bears, Crowns, Sailors, British, National emblems, Russian, and Turkeys
"European sovereigns (wearing crowns) and others, watch a game of billiards between the Tsar, the principal figure, and the Sultan. Nicholas (left), a dandy in uniform, is about to make a stroke which will inevitably pocket the Turkish ball; in the po...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Sep. 30, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855, Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839, Kapodistrias, Iōannēs Antōniou, 1776-1831, Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Francesco I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1777-1830, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Karl II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, 1804-1873, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Pius VIII, Pope, 1761-1830, and Miguel I, King of Portugal, 1802-1866
Subject (Topic):
Billiards, Heads of state, Dandies, Pipes (Smoking), and Maps
"A game of chess between the Tsar and the Sultan. The latter sits cross-legged on a chest, to which the chess-board, supported on legs, is attached. Nicholas, a military dandy with a hideous profile, moves a piece, saying 'Check Mate'; he has taken tw...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd by J. Field, 65 Quadrant
Subject (Name):
Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839, Kapodistrias, Iōannēs Antōniou, 1776-1831, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836, and Francesco I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1777-1830
