V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
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still image
Abstract:
"In a fantastic procession Napoleon, much burlesqued and very thin, is dragged and pushed to the sea-shore, where (right) a boat manned by the Devil waits to take him to Elba. Round his neck is a rope dragged by two dwarfish and ragged Frenchmen (righ...
Alternative Title:
Rogues march to the island of Elba
Description:
Title etched below image.
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Pubd. April 13th, 1814, by T. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
"A sequel to British Museum Satires No. 10518, Gillray's 'Tiddy-Doll'. Napoleon, haggard and desperate, wearing tattered uniform without the former apron and sword, walks in profile to the left, carrying on his head a large tray. On this stand three g...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 21st, 1814, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846, and Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784-1860
Subject (Topic):
Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815, Military uniforms, French, Baked products, Trays, Kings, Queens, Crowns, Scepters, Miters, Liberty cap, Flags, Brooms & brushes, Birds of prey, Bodies of water, and Cliffs
"Two men (half length), one full-face, fat and jolly, wearing a night-cap, and holding his sides with laughter; the other (right), behind, in profile to the right, lean and sour, looking down at his folded hands."--British Museum online catalogue
"An altered version (like British Museum Satires No. 12205) of British Museum Satires No. 11057, from the original plate. ... The shield, sinister supporter, crest and motto are the same, but the dexter supporter is altered, apparently by Rowlandson, ...
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Title from letterpress text below image.
Publisher:
Published by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London and Harrison & Leigh, Printers, 373 Strand
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Enghien, Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon, duc d', 1772-1804, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Wright, John Wesley, 1769-1805, and Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A crowded scene, broadly caricatured, on the frozen Thames just above London Bridge, which forms a background, with coaches passing and spectators looking down. In the foreground (right) a jovial waterman straddles behind his ninepins at which an art...
Alternative Title:
Gambols on the River Thames : February 1814
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1814 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A crowded scene, broadly caricatured, on the frozen Thames just above London Bridge, which forms a background, with coaches passing and spectators looking down. In the foreground (right) a jovial waterman straddles behind his ninepins at which an art...
Alternative Title:
Gambols on the River Thames : February 1814
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1814 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London