"The base of the design is a dunghill from which rises the head of Napoleon as a young republican officer, not caricatured. His head is covered by a large cup-shaped fungus, decorated with a tricolour cockade and resembling a Cap of Liberty; from its apex ascends a curving stalk, terminating in the large yellow rosette of a sunflower, centred by the head of Napoleon as Emperor, larger than that of the base, and representing an older man; like the lower one it is directed slightly to the right. Below it, leaves project from the stalk, balancing the design. On Napoleon's head is an arrangement of stamens in the form of an imperial crown. These unite to form the long scraggy neck of the third Napoleon, a head in profile to the right, emaciated and desperate. On this head is a larger fungus than that below, projecting like an enormous hat. From it ascend the stems of a bunch of violets, copied from No. 12511, but with the addition of more flowers, and on a larger scale. It contains the profiles of Napoleon, Marie Louise, and the King of Rome, arranged exactly as in British Museum Satires No. 12511. Smaller fungi sprout from the dunghill, some flat and some conical, like caps of Liberty; on the latter tricolour cockades are indicated. Four little figures are on a slope (left) leading towards the dunghill, prepared to clear it away. In front are Blücher and Wellington, running forward, and talking to each other; one holds a spade, the other a broad hoe. Behind them is the Tsar, shouldering a pickaxe. Behind again stands Louis XVIII, with splayed gouty legs, supported on a crutch. He waves his hat to cheer them on."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pedigree of Corporal Violet
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: First as a Consular Toadstool, rising from a Corsican Dunghill, then changing to an Imperial Sun Flower, from that to an Elba Fungus and lastly to a bunch of Violets, which are disposed as to represent a whole length of profile of Buonaparte, with a bust of Maria Louisa, and her son the Prince of Parma., and Companion print to: A view of the Grand Triumphal Pillar.
Publisher:
Pubd. by H. Humphrey June 9th, 1815 - No. 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832., Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847., and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Political satire, French, Politics and government, Mushrooms, and Flowers
"Pitt (l.) and Napoleon face each other at a round dinner-table on which, in a dish, is a terrestrial globe in the form of a steaming plum-pudding. Pitt, with a carving knife, and three-pronged fork (like a trident) planted in the '[Atlantic] Ocean', cuts a deep gash to the west of 'Britain', extending from the Pole to the Equator; he obtains the 'West Indies'. Napoleon, using his sword and a two-pronged fork which straddles 'Hanover', is cutting from Europe a large fragment including 'France', 'Holland', 'Spain', 'Swiss[erland]', 'Italy', 'Mediterranean', but missing 'Sweden' and 'Russia'. Before each is an empty (gold) plate, on Pitt's the Royal Arms, on Napoleon's an imperial crown. On the back of Pitt's chair is a crowned British Lion on its hind-legs, holding up a Union flag; a fierce imperial eagle clutching a bonnet rouge decorates that of Napoleon. Pitt, very tall and thin, wears a cocked hat and regimentals and long pigtail (cf. BMSat 10113, &c). Napoleon, sturdier and much shorter, has almost to rise from his chair to reach the pudding. He wears military dress, a huge plumed bicorne resting on his shoulders. Pitt looks warily at Napoleon who stares fiercely at the pudding. The figures are seven-eighths length. Below the title: '- "the great Globe itself, and all which it inherit" [sic, 'Tempest', iv. i], is too small to satisfy such insatiable appetites - Vide Mr W-d-m's [Windham's] eccentricities, in ye Political Register.' (For Windham as a contributor to Cobbett's paper see BMSat 10414)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
State epicures taking un petit souper
Description:
Title etched in upper right corner of image., Temporary local subject terms: Globe -- Dining table -- Trident -- Lion of England - Carving knives., and Unidentified stamp on verso.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 26th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
State epicures taking un petit souper
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Text below the title: "The great globe itself and all which it inherit" is too small to satisfy such insatiable appetites. Vide Mr. W-d-m's eccentricities, in [the] Political Register., A reduced copy of a print by Gillray with the same title. Cf. No. 10371 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 58 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
"Two fighting-cocks, with the heads of Napoleon and Pitt, face each other across the English Channel. Napoleon (left) has a large ruff of tricolour feathers and enormously long spurs, but his wings and tail feathers are clipped. His cliff is the higher; he leans forward, saying, "Eh Master Billy, if I could but take a flight over this Brook I would soon stop your Crowing, I would Knock you off that Perch, I swear by Mahomet, the Pope and all the Idols I have ever Worshiped." Pitt stands on a large royal crown which brings his feet almost to a level with those of Bonaparte; he stands erect, thus towering above his rival; he has very short spurs but a fine tail and wings; he crows: "Tuck a roo - too that you never can do!!!" Below them lies the sea with a fleet of ships in full sail close to the English coast."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement in lower right: Folios of caracatures lent out for the evening., and Mounted at the corners on a leaf: 29.5 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 27th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Game fowl, Cockfighting, Crowns, Cliffs, Bodies of water, and Ships
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sequence of eight Napoleons arranged in two rows. [1] As' A Ragged Headed Corsican Peasant', he is a shock-headed boy registering tense determination, his hand plunged deep in the pockets of a tattered coat. [2] A youth in civilian dress sits at a small table intently studying the plan of a fort: 'Studying mischief at the royal Military Academy at Paris'. [3] Dressed in officer's uniform but without a sword, he bows, hat in hand:' An humble Ensign in a Republican Corps - requesting a situation in the British Army'. [4] He stands agressivelv hand on hip, r. arm extended, wearing a plumed bicorne and long sabre: 'A determined Atheistical Republican General - ordering his men to fire on the Parisians Vollies of grape shot'. [5] He stands in Turkish dress, bowing with a furtive sideways glance; he wears a plumed turban and fur-trimmed robe: 'A Turk at Grand Cairo'. [6] He runs hurriedly in profile to the left., wearing his cocked hat, but no sword: 'A Runaway from Egypt'. [7] As 'A Devout Catholic', he stands in uniform, without hat or sword, head bowed and hands crossed on his breast. [8] In the last scene he sits enthroned, with the inscription: 'An Emperor on a Throne of iniquities - O Tempora O Mores'. He wears a crown and long robe. The back of his throne is inscribed 'Murderer. Duke D'Enghem [sic], Prisoners at Jaffa, Palm, Captn Williams, Pichegreu, Calon, Toussaint &c &c, Robberies innumerable [commas have been inserted]'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Artist questionably identified as Woodward in the British Museum catalogue., Later state; former plate number "63" has been removed from upper left corner and a new number etched in upper right, and date has been removed from imprint statement leaving a gap between "Pubd." and "Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside.", Plate numbered "295" in upper right corner., Companion print to: The progress of the Empress Josephine., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 101-2., and Leaf 69 in volume 4.
Title from item., Attributed to Ansell or to Cruikshank in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top and bottom., Printseller's announcement: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., and Temporary local subject terms: Quacks -- Zany -- Medicine: cannon balls as pills -- Medical instruments: forceps -- Money: mint seed -- Allusion to continental subsidies -- Military: Austrian officer -- Guns: blunderbuss.
Publisher:
Pubd July 01th [i.e., 10th] by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Napoleon is being drummed out of France. His right wrist is tied to the left wrist of Joseph Bonaparte; they are led forward, abjectly crouching, by Blücher, who holds the rope attached to the noose round Napoleon's neck. Napoleon has long ass's ears and wears a fool's cap inscribed 'Transported for Life'; his brother's cocked hat is inscribed 'Coward and Thief'. Both are assailed by serpentine monsters, barbed and scaly, which bite their legs, one inscribed 'Execration', the other 'Detestation'. Both wear uniform with the coats without epaulets and cut off at the waist. Blücher carries against his shoulder a long pole on which is a placard: 'Napolean, Late Emperor of the French, King of Italy Protecter of the Confederation of the Rhine, Grand Arbiter of the fate of Nations &c &c &c but now by the permission of the Allied Sovereigns, Exile in the Isle of Elba an Outcast from Society a fugitive a Vagabond. Yet this is the conceited Mortal who said, I have never been seduced by prosperity Adversity will not be able to overcome me--' Behind (left) the sovereigns of Europe gleefully dance in a ring, holding hands, round two flag-staffs from which float two large flags, the Bourbon flag dotted with fleur-de-lis and inscribed 'Rejoice O ye Kings Vive le Roi'; on the other is a flag with the double-headed eagle of Austria or Russia. The monarchs wear crowns; with them is the Pope, wearing his tiara. Next him is the corpulent Louis XVIII, one arm round the Pope's shoulder. Of the others only William of Holland can be identified with certainty; he wears bulky Dutch breeches with an ermine cloak. There are five others, three must be the Tsar, Emperor of Austria, King of Prussia. The others are probably Ferdinand of Spain and Ferdinand of Sicily. They sing: 'Now we are met a Jolly set in spite of Wind or Weather'. The three foreground figures are faced by a row of soldiers beating drums, with an officer raising his sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: From fickle fortune's gamesome lap, what various titles flow, the Emperor of Conj rors, Nap, the King of Beggars Joe!, Plate numbered "321" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 19 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 15, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, and Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1751-1825
A picture puzzle engraving of a patriotic posy, the leaves of which frame voids in the shape of the profiles of eight British and European leaders in coalition against Napoleon. It may have been produced as a response to the Bonapartist "Corporal Violette," whose flower included profiles of the Emperor Napoleon, Maria Louisa, and the young King of Rome
Alternative Title:
Rose, shamrock, and thistle
Description:
"To general union, this plate containing profiles of eight illustrious personages is most humbly inscribed, by a friend of liberty.", "Left side: Prince Regent, King of Prussia, Marshall Blucher. Right side: King of England, Emperor of Austria, Duke of Wellington. Center: Louis XVIII, Emperor of Russia.", BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored. Trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 16.3 x 12.3 cm, on sheet 16.9 x 12.9 cm., and Printed on thin card; hand-colored.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Europe. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825., Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819., Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835., Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824., and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleon, Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Signs and symbols, Political aspects, and Politics and government
"French soldiers, puny simian creatures, are being destroyed or put to flight by the powers of the Second Coalition. In the foreground (right) the British Lion devours a heap of the little creatures; others flee. An ogre in Turkish costume (left), his profile set in a crescent, grips Bonaparte in his left hand, raising a blood-stained scimitar. Bonaparte attempts to strike with a dagger; he drops a paper: 'Organization of Egypt, & Triumph of Buonaparte'. The Russian bear sits grasping and crushing struggling French apes. On the right the Habsburg eagle, clasping a sheaf of thunderbolts, flies off to the right, tearing a bonnet-rouge in beak and claws. A French army is in flight with a tricolour flag inscribed 'Egalite'. Behind Turkey are Frenchmen impaled on spears."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Monkey-race in danger
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801 -- Coalitions -- Frenchmen as monkeys -- Sansculottes -- Emblems: Russian bear -- Habsburg eagle -- British Lion -- Turks -- Male costume: Turkish dress -- Impalement.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 20th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"Napoleon, advancing down a gently sloping causeway of rock which traverses water and flames, is halted by 'Leo Britannicus' who bounds savagely towards him. He drops a short chain attached to the nose of the 'Russian Bear', a huge white creature at his heels. He is beset on all sides by monsters, who emerge from a background of flame, smoke, and cloud, or from the water. Beside the British Lion is a little 'Sicilian Terrier', barking ferociously. Death, a skeleton-like corpse, rides a mule which dashes through the air towards Napoleon, snorting flame. He wears a Spanish hat and cloak, and holds up a flaming spear and an hour-glass whose sands have almost run out. The mule's trappings are inscribed 'True-Royal-Spanish-Breed'. Outstripping the mule, a savage 'Portuguese Wolf', with the end of a broken chain attached to his collar, leaps towards Napoleon. The heads and hulders of two melancholy French officers with their necks chained together emerge from clouds to address Napoleon; they say: "Remember Junot and Remember Dupont." Above these is the Pope's tiara, the apex of flames, emitting thunderbolts towards Napoleon, and inscribed 'Dreadful Descent of ye Roman Meteor' [cf. BMSat 10970]. Immediately above Napoleon is a crescent moon inscribed 'British-influence' enclosing the old (dark) moon, which is 'French Influence'. This forms the centre of a turban, and is surrounded with fiery clouds flanking the features of the Sultan, looking fiercely down at Napoleon. Blood drips from it. This is 'The Turkish New-Moon, Rising in Blood'. Beside it (right) the head and arms of a man raising an enormous sword above Napoleon emerge from swirling flames: The 'Spirit of Charles ye XII' [of Sweden 1682-1718]. On the r. a double-headed Habsburg eagle swoops towards Napoleon from clouds: "- The Imperial Eagle emerging from a Cloud." Its collar is inscribed 'German Eagle'. From the water beyond Napoleon's causeway, the 'Ditch of Styx', project the crown and hands of the drowning 'Rex Joseph'; he is immediately under the Spanish mule ridden by Death. The water on the nearer side of the causeway, in the foreground, is the 'Lethean Ditch'. From this (left) rats crawl towards Napoleon: "The Rhenish Confederation of Starved Rats, crawling out of the Mud [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10433]." Three frogs raise their heads from the ditch to spit: "Dutch-Frogs spitting out their spite." A rattle-snake spits venom, and shakes its tail: "- American Rattle-Snake shaking his Tail.-" On the right, standing on a rock, is a dilapidated eagle with clipped wings, and scanty feathers: "Prussian Scare-Crow attempting to Fly -.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and 1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.5 x 39.0 cm, on sheet 28.8 x 41.4 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 24th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Mustafa IV, Sultan of the Turks, 1779-1808, and Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718
Subject (Topic):
Peninsular War, 1807-1814, Monsters, Fire, Lions, Bears, and Eagles
