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1. A game at chess [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 January 1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.01.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Bonaparte (left) and Cornwallis play chess. Bonaparte, not caricatured, alert and military, wearing his large plumed cocked hat, leans forward, pointing to his move; his left arm lies on the table and in his left hand is his sheathed sabre. He says: "Check to your King, remember it is not the first time, and I think a very few Manoeuvres more will completely convince you that I am better acquainted with the Game I am playing than you are aware of." Cornwallis, plump and civilian despite his regimentals and profession, sits without a hat, scratching his head apprehensively. He says: "Curse it I shall lose this Game; You are too much for me." He wears his ribbon and star, 'Honi soit' on his garter. The chairs are symbolical: that of Bonaparte has ormolu laurel wreaths, the legs are formed of fasces and axes; that of Cornwallis, with plain oval back, suggests an English drawing-room."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement below imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Watermark: Budgen 1799., and Early gilt paper strips pasted to margins as a mount.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 9th, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Generals, French, English, Chess, Daggers & swords, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A game at chess [graphic].
2. Dramatic effect, or, The death of Genl. Duroc vide French Bulletien. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 June 1813]
- Call Number:
- 813.06.09.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The interior of a tent. Duroc, in his shirt, lies supported by a soldier on a wooden bed, while Napoleon (right) holds his right hand, turning away (to the right) and covering his face with his left hand. An officer stands solicitously beside the Emperor, supporting his left elbow. Another officer stands (left) behind the head of the low bed. On the extreme left a soldier bends over a table compounding medicaments. Duroc's coat and sword lie on a camp-stool, beside his hat and boots. A glimpse of the distant camp is seen on the extreme right, where a Mameluke stands by the tent holding Napoleon's horse. Duroc is addressing the Emperor, with his left arm extended. Their words are etched below the title: "Duroc, "My whole life has been consecrated to your service, nor do I regret its loss, but for the use it still might have been of to your Buonaparte, "Duroc!" there is a life to come; it is there you are going to wait for me, and where we shall one day meet again!" Duroc, "Yes Sire! but that will not be these thirty years, when you will have triumphed over your enimies [sic], and realised all the hopes of your country, I have lived an honest man: I have nothing to reproach myself with, ah! Sire! go away this sight gives you pain--Be, "Farewell then my friend"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Dramatic effect, or, The death of General Duroc, Death of Genl. Duroc, and Death of General Duroc
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., and Watermark: 1809.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 9th, 1813, by Wm. Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street
- Subject (Name):
- Duroc, Géraud Christophe Michel, duc de Frioul, 1772-1813 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Generals, French, Military officers, Soldiers, Military camps, Deathbeds, War casualties, Wounds & injuries, and Medicines
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dramatic effect, or, The death of Genl. Duroc vide French Bulletien. [graphic]
3. La derniere cuvée [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 1815.
- Call Number:
- 815.07.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "French soldiers are being cooked or drowned in a big round vat built of stone, under which a fire is burning. Blücher (left) and Wellington (right) stand over the vat, holding long-handled perforated ladles with which they skim the surface of the water, fishing out the soldiers. Blücher (left), saying "Mon cher Welington je commence a écumer j'espere que vous me Seconderez," holds on his level ladle a hussar in large busby, braided tunic, and boots. Wellington holds up on his (tilted) ladle a man hanging head downwards. Beside the vat (right) is a rocky cone from a fissure in which the flames of Hell emerge; Cerberus, a monster with three serpentine necks and webbed wings, reaches from the opening towards Wellington's captive, and devours his legs with two of his great jaws. Wellington answers: "mon ami Blucher je sais pret a vous suivre mais surtout travaille fort cette nuit." Other soldiers struggle to get out or sink back hopelessly. An eagle (standard) projects from the water, on which float many tricolour cockades. Wellington's victim, who has a moustache, is not Napoleon, who is a subordinate figure, struggling to get out, and extending his arms towards Wellington."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Possibly a copy of a print by George Cruikshank entitled "The last tub-full"; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.8222., After the Battle of Waterloo, so after June 1815., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cerberus (Greek mythology), Cooking utensils, Generals, French, Military officers, Prussian, Soldiers, and Vats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La derniere cuvée [graphic].
