A satire on the Peace of Amiens between France and England, with caricatures of national figures (Holland, Russia, Britain, Spain, Turkey and Prussia) dancing to Napoleon's tune. Napoleon stands at right with pipe and tambourine singing 'Ah ci-ira, ci...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-row, Holborn
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Pipes (Smoking), Pipes (Musical instruments), Tambourines, and Dance
"An intricate design with small inset scenes, the background being walls of a room covered with free copies of caricatures against George IV, chiefly relating to the Queen. On the extreme left is an open door, showing Napoleon as a tiny colossus on th...
Alternative Title:
Dialogue between King Naughty and his Brothers Consorts, Caracature of all caracatures presenting the joke of the day, and To every one his due
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by John Milleville, Hampstead
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1762-1834, Frederick William II, King of Prussia, 1744-1797, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839, Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1751-1825, Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria, 1756-1825, Friedrich August I, King of Saxony, 1750-1827, William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843, Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, and Jiaqing, Emperor of China, 1760-1820
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Politicians, Corkscrews, Dance, Military officers, Heads of state, Ethnic stereotypes, Prints, and Bottles