"The Devil, seated with his back to a dinner-table made of a butcher's block, roasts Napoleon on a pitchfork in the flames of Hell; excrement falls into a dish below. Attendant demons act as cooks. The Devil is obese and hairy with barbed tail, webbed wings, and carbuncled nose emitting flames. He wears a bonnet rouge in the form of a fool's cap, with tricolour cockade and scarf. The back of his ornate chair is a guillotine; beneath it is a pile of skulls over which is a tricolour ribbon inscribed 'Robespiere Marat'. A tricolour table-cloth only partly hides the dripping butcher's block. On it are a carving-knife, the blade inscribed 'Taleyrand', and fork; a chalice inscribed 'Atheism' and 'Cup of French Faith'; a salt-cellar, the salt spilled, inscribed 'Sal Infernal'. Beside it stands an ornate wine-cooler inscribed 'Favourite French Wines of the Consular Vintage'; bottles are labelled 'Sang des Suisse[s]', 'Sang des Anglais', 'Sang des Holland[ais]'. Near it lies a ballad: 'Invasion of Great Britain a Catch to be performed after Supper with a full Chorus of his Highness's Band'. Two demon attendants on the extreme right., partly concealed by the r. margin, enter with a steaming tureen of 'Crocodile Soup' [see BMSat 11057] and a sauce-boat of 'Mahomedan Gravy.' A little wingless female demon sits on a sack of 'Fuel for Everlasting Flames', plying bellows. Papers pour from the sack and others are already burning: 'Poisoning 580 wounded French soldiers' [see BMSat 10063], 'Massacre of 3800 Turks at Jaffa' [see BMSat 10062], 'Murdering 1500 Women at Toulon' [see BMSat 10095, &c.], 'Assassination of captive Swiss', 'Destruction of St Domingo' [cf. BMSat 10090], 'Fire', 'Swo[rd]', 'extermination', 'Murder', 'Treachery', 'Blasphemy', 'Blood', 'Breach of Faith', 'Cruelty', 'Envy', 'Perjury', 'Ingratitude', 'Devestation', 'Avarice'. There are three other demon cooks, winged, wearing bonnets rouges and aprons: each holds his nose. One flying above Bonaparte bastes him with a ladle-full of Brimstone. The others (l.) hold ready for the fire a pan of vipers and three skewered frogs. Across a vault up which the flames ascend is a beam inscribed 'L'Armée D'Angletarre' [sic] from which are suspended by the neck simian creatures wearing French military coats. Winged monsters dart towards Napoleon. Below the title, in two columns, verses are etched, attributed ('Illustrative Description', 1830) to Paul Sandby. ... The verses are coarse invective and contain none of the detailed allegation of the print."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Belzebub going to supper
Description:
Eight stanzas of verse in two columns below title: Buonapartè they say, aye good lack a day! With French legions will come hither swimming ... and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Bonaparte (right) sits at a small table writing with fierce decision; the second and third consuls sit facing him, biting their pens in pompous indecision, their papers are blank. The latter wear the flamboyant dress of the Directors (see BMSat 9199), Cambacéiès (left) has thick gouty legs. Bonaparte wears similar dress, but with a more fantastic cocked hat, in which, besides enormous feathers, is a large sheaf of olive-branches tied with tricolour (symbol of his overture to George III, see BMSat 9512); he wears jack-boots and a large sabre inscribed 'Liberté'. He writes the 'Nouvelle \ Constitution \ Grand Consul Buonaparte \ Tout en Tout Buonaparte \ Bu . . .' Beside him are papers docketed: 'Constitution pour l'Avenir: Buonaparte Grande Monarque' and 'Confiscations'. On the ground are torn papers: 'Vielles Constitutions'; 'Droit [de] l'Homme'; his foot rests on 'Constitution of 1793'. Behind, Sieyès, a lean grotesque savant, holds apart with both hands, with a violence that suggests impotence, a curtain which stretches across the design, revealing papers in pigeon-holes inscribed: 'Constitution de Parade', 'Constitution du Sang', 'Constitution de Foutre', 'Constitution de Despotism', 'Constitution de Vol[eur?]'. Above them is a model of a guillotine. Above the curtain is a festoon of tricolour, inscribed 'Vive le Constitution Une et Invisible', centred by crossed blunderbusses. The tablecloth is looped up to show a group of tiny fire-lit demons forging fetters. Beneath the design: 'The above are true Likenesses of Cambaceres, - Le-Brun - the Abbé Seiyes, and Buonaparte, drawn at Paris Novr 1799'. All are caricatured, but Bonaparte less than the others."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
French consular triumvirate settling the new constitution
Description:
Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cambacérès, Jean Jacques Régis de,--1753-1824--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Lebrun, Charles-François,--duc de Plaisance,--1739-1824--Caricatures and cartoons., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., and Sieyès, Emmanuel Joseph,--comte,--1748-1836--Caricatures and cartoons.
"George III, half length, stands in profile to the left, a holding a tiny Napoleon on the palm of his right hand, and inspecting him through a spy-glass. He says: "My little friend Grildrig, you have made a most admirable \ "panegyric upon Yourself and Country, but from what I can \ "gather from your own relation & the answers I have with \ "much pains wringed & extorted from you, I cannot but con- \ "-clude you to be one of the most pernicious, little - odious \ "-reptiles, that nature ever suffer'd to crawl upon the surface of the Earth." He wears military uniform with a bag-wig. The only background is a dark cloud-like shadow across the lower part of the design."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Artist identified as Lt-Col Thomas Braddyll, a young amateur who supplied designs for satirical prints to James Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: Vide Swift's Gulliver: Voyage to Brobdingnag., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Braddyll, Thomas , 1776-1862, artist., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., and Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745.--Gulliver's travels--Adaptations, parodies, etc.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms--British., Military uniforms--French., and Telescopes.
"A sequel to British Museum satire no. 10019. The King and Queen sit on chairs of state intently watching a rectangular tank in which Napoleon as Gulliver sails his little boat, manoeuvring the single sail. Behind the King's chair Lord Salisbury stands stiffly, holding his wand of office; the gold key is attached to his coat-pocket: he has the straight shapeless legs that Gillray always gives him. ... Two princesses sit beside the tank on the Queen's right; like the Queen, each holds up her fan. Two younger princesses stand behind. Two little pages (left) blow violently at the sail to propel the boat, while a third laughs. Two beefeaters (right) grin broadly. All are amused except the King and Queen, who are more serious."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Artist identified as Lt-Col Thomas Braddyll, a young amateur who supplied designs for satirical prints to James Gillray. See British Museum catalogue., Text following title: Scene "Gulliver manoeuv'ring with his little-boat in the cistern," vide Swifts Gulliver. "I often used to Row for my own diversion, as well as that of the Queen & her Ladies, who thought themselves well entertained with my skill & agility. Sometimes I would put up my Sail and shew my art, by steering starboard & larboard, - However, my attempts produced nothing else besides a loud laughter, which all the respect due to his Majesty from those about him could not make them contain. - This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavour to do himself honour among those, who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him!!! - See, Voyage to Brobdingnag., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Augusta Sophia,--Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain,--1768-1840--Caricatures and cartoons., Braddyll, Thomas , 1776-1862, artist., Charlotte,--Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818--Caricatures and cartoons., Elizabeth,--Princess of England,--1770-1840--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Mary,--Duchess of Gloucester,--1776-1857--Caricatures and cartoons., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., Salisbury, James Cecil,--Marquess of,--1748-1823--Caricatures and cartoons., Sophia,--Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain,--1777-1848--Caricatures and cartoons., and Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745.--Gulliver's travels--Adaptations, parodies, etc.
"The sovereigns of Europe, &c, watch from their seats in a bull-ring the Spanish bull tossing Napoleon above its head. The point of his sword projects from the ferocious animal's shoulder; he holds his broken sword, dripping blood, and has a badly gashed thigh. His cocked hat and a paper, 'Plan pour Assujettir le Monde' [cf. BMSat 10599, &c.], fall to the ground. A broken collar inscribed 'Corsican Chain' is round the bull's neck, a few links of a heavy chain still attached to it. The bull tramples on and befouls Joseph Bonaparte, who lies on his back, moribund or dead, in his rightoyal robes, the crown falling from his head; under his hand is a torn paper: 'Coronation de Joseph Boanaparte Rex Espagnol-Gibraltar-&c. Nap'. Three bulls, previously disposed of by the Corsican Matador, and horribly gashed, lie on the ground (r.), bellowing. A butcher's ticket is affixed to each: 'Prussian Bull Beef', 'Dutch Bull Beef', 'Danish Bull Beef'. They are [marginal note] "Wounded Bulls bellowing for help-." The barrier, an arc of which frames the arena, is inscribed 'Theatre Royale de I'Europe'. Behind it, and along the upper margin of the design, sit the sovereigns. On the extreme left. is George III, in military uniform, holding a trident (emblem of sea-power), and peering down impassively through his glass; the back of his (coronation) chair is partly visible. Next him is (?) the Emperor of Austria, gripping the edge of the barrier with a gauntleted hand and with the hilt of his sword projecting from his right. hand. Next John, the Regent of Portugal holds up his hat in exultation; he clutches a bottle of 'Vin de Brazil' [see BMSat 10960, &c.]. Next him, the Tsar, his head encircled by the words 'Alexr the Great', bites the corner of a feathered tricorne in his agitation. The King of Prussia grasps a feathered cocked hat, and puts his hand to his mouth. The bellicose King of Sweden wears a fur-trimmed tunic and a fur cap, with a star, inscribed 'Polar Star' [the Swedish order]. Two pistols are thrust through his belt. Next is the Pope, wearing his tiara, and holding up his cross; before him is a paper: 'The Bull for Excommunicating the Corsican Usurper'. He is supported from behind by the Sultan wearing a jewelled turban; behind the latter is the Dey of 'Algiers' [the word etched across his turban]."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Corsican-matador in danger
Description:
Text above image: "The Spanish Bull is so remarkable for spirit that unless the matador strikes him dead at the first blow, the bull is sure to destroy him." Vide Barretti's Travels. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Alexander--I,--Emperor of Russia,--1777-1825--Caricatures and cartoons., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Francis--I,--Emperor of Austria,--1768-1835--Caricatures and cartoons., Frederick William--III,--King of Prussia,--1770-1840--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Gustav--IV Adolf,--King of Sweden,--1778-1837--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., John--VI,--King of Portugal,--1767-1826--Caricatures and cartoons., Joseph Bonaparte,--King of Spain,--1768-1844--Caricatures and cartoons., Mustafa--IV,--Sultan of the Turks,--1779-1808--Caricatures and cartoons., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., and Pius--VII,--Pope,--1742-1823--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Napoleon runs away from Talleyrand, who aims a violent kick at him with the heavy surgical shoe on his right foot, raising his crutched stick to smite the fugitive. Napoleon holds his hat, a bicorne, and looks over his shoulder with a terrified stare to say: "Votre tres humble Serviteur Monsieur Tally." Talleyrand, furiously vindictive, exclaims: "Va ten Cocquin I'll crack your Crown you pitiful Vagabond." He holds a bulky document: 'Abdication or the Last Dying Speech of a Murderer Who is to be difered [sic] into the hands of the Devil the first fair Wind.' Beside Napoleon a gibbet with a dangling noose serves as sign-post, pointing 'To the Isle of Elba'. Across a piece of water on the extreme left is an islet on which is a high gallows from which hang six tiny corpses. In the background a British sailor with a bludgeon is running by the shore; he says: "What let him sneak of without a Mark or a Scratch No No I'll darken his Day Lights for him." Behind Talleyrand maimed French soldiers are running forward as fast as crutches and infirmity allow. Three have fallen; the foremost says: "Bone him my Tight little Tally"."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Kick for kick
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de,--prince de Bénévent,--1754-1838--Caricatures and cartoons.
"A winding river flows (left to right) towards a hill in the background surmounted by a temple of Fame. In the foreground (left) is a 'Dunghill of Republican Horse Turds'; in the stream float turds from the dunghill, while farther up are golden apples, crowned and inscribed. The foremost is 'English-Pippin', close behind are 'Imperial-Pippin' and 'Russian-Pippin'; they are followed by a (turbaned) 'Turkish-Pippin' and a small 'Neapolitan' [Pippin]. From a mass of floating dung emerges the profile head of Bonaparte, wearing a feathered cocked hat inscribed 'First Horse Turd'; this is the central and dominating object in the river; from his mouth issues a large label: 'A ha! par ma foi - how We Apples Swim!' Lumps of dung close behind him are inscribed 'Second Horse Turd' [Cambacérès], 'Third Horse Turd' [Lebrun], and 'Seyes' [sic]. They are followed by 'Massena', 'Jourdan', 'Talleyrand'. Bonaparte swims between 'Spanish-Pippin' and 'Prussian-Pippin', both in proximity to dung. Behind him float 'Papal P[ippin]', a triple crown, and 'Sardinian [Pippin]', both half submerged. Under water are submerged (or dead) turds: 'Robespierre', 'Marat', 'Condorcet', 'Roland'. A spreading column of thick smoke arises from the dunghill, which is composed of inscribed fragments, from which in the left foreground tiny heads emerge, the dominant one being Fox, who says: "Caira! Caira! - chacun à son tour! We shall all Swim in our turns"; next him is 'Envy'. Tierney, the second head, says: "Yes! Yes! - none of Us was born to be Drowned". The others are Sheridan, Nicholls, Erskine, and (slightly smaller) Burdett, Derby, Taylor. Those indicated by names only are: 'Voltaire', 'Rosseau' [sic], 'd'Alembert', 'Godwin', 'Price', 'Priestley', 'Holcroft', '(?) Darwin', close to (scarcely legible) 'Mo[rning] Po[st]', 'Morn. Chronicle', 'Courier [see BMSat 9194]. Larger turds are: 'Atheism', 'Falshood', 'Regicide', 'Egalité', 'Disappointment', 'Beggary', 'Poverty', 'Plunder', 'Paines Rights of Man' [see BMSat 7867, &c], 'Republican Faith', 'Theophilanthropy' [see BMSat 9240], 'Deceit [twice]', 'Lies', 'Licentiousness', 'Hypocrisy'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Buonaparte among the golden pippins
Description:
Title etched below image. and Two lines of text below title: Explanation. Some horse turds being washed by the current from a neighbouring dunghill, espied a number of fair apples swimming up the stream ...
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burdett, Francis,--1770-1844--Caricatures and cartoons., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley,--Earl of,--1752-1834--Caricatures and cartoons., Erskine, Thomas Erskine,--Baron,--1750-1823--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., Nicholls, John,--1745?-1832--Caricatures and cartoons., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Taylor, Michael Angelo,--1757-1834--Caricatures and cartoons., and Tierney, George,--1761-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
"The centre of the design is an oval enclosed in a buckled garter, inscribed 'The Sun of the French Constitution', containing the 'Arms of France': a guillotine, dripping with blood, and irradiated by a large sun, partly below the horizon. The supporters are an important part of the design: dexter, a seated ape; sinister, a very rampant tiger; each holds a tricolour flag fringed with gold, and inscribed respectively 'Atheism', 'Desolation'. The ape wears a tricolour sash and a large bonnet rouge, forming a fool's cap, trimmed with bells and tricolour cockade. He sits on two thick volumes: 'Rosseau' [sic] and 'Voltaire', beneath which is a pamphlet: 'Tom Paine' [see BMSat 9240]. The crest is a boar. From the garter hangs an oval medallion or cameo, with the head of Bonaparte, cadaverous and sinister, in profile to the left., and having the inscription: 'And God made Buonapartè, and rested from his labours'; 'Vide French Bishops Address to the First Consul 1803'. The medallion has a background of foliage with pendent fleurs-de-lis. Below the medallion is an oval tablet with the inscription: 'Gallic Fraternity. \ - Spain, Inchain'd - \ - Holland, Plunder'd, - \ - Switzerland, Ruin'd; - \ - Italy, Destroy'd. - \ France, in Slavery.' Scrolls issuing from this extend symmetrically across the design, and form a base for the supporters; inscription : 'Invasion - Plunder \ And Destruction.' The Arms have an elaborate setting or background: Below are victims of the guillotine - piles of bleeding heads with a scroll: 'Death is an eternal Sleep'. On the left are the decollated heads of women and infants with a rosary and open book: 'Ave Maria'. These heads are comparatively few, and behind them ls a heavily barred dungeon window flanked by shackles and inscribed 'Toussaint'. On the r. the heads are much more numerous, and form a pile which balances the window. The foreground heads include a bishop, from whom a mitre has fallen, and a turbaned Moslem (cf. BMSat 10062). Above, the background is a piece of drapery framed by festooned tricolour curtains which form a border to the design. On the red stripes of the tricolour are the names of 'French Worthies'. Upper margin: (l.) 'Robespierre', 'Marat', 'Fouché', (r.) 'Buonaparte', 'Talleyrand', 'Cambaceres'. Side margins (l.): 'Barras Massena', 'Reubell', 'Rapp', 'Mengaud', 'Lepaux', 'Thibaudeau', 'Boisy [sic] d'Anglas'; (r.) 'Sieyès', 'Barrere', 'Tallien', 'Carnot', 'Lannes', 'Jambon' [sic] 'St André', 'Menou', 'Junot'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Hatchard, John, 1768-1849, publisher., and Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
"A design in two compartments, separated by a vertical line. [1] Napoleon stands on the dais in front of a chair of state addressing rows of (burlesqued) Senators and Deputies, who listen with hostility and scepticism; some close their eyes, two take snuff. The Devil, a winged monster, clutches the back of Napoleon's chair, and leans towards him like a gargoyle-bird of prey, inspiring the speech. The dais is supported on crowns of varying patterns. The Emperor is in profile to the left, extending both arms in a propitiatory gesture; he wears plain military uniform with boots. His words are in a large label across the design ... This label hides the upper part of two pictures on the wall: a battle-piece (left), and (above Napoleon's head) '20 Flags Presented to the Empress': tiny obsequious figures present the flags, see British Museum Satires No. 12111, &c. [2] Napoleon, in profile to the right, kneels abjectly before the Allies, presenting to them a collection of crowns, including the Pope's tiara, and a sheaf of flags; these are on the ground with his cocked hat and sword; he keeps one crown tucked under his right arm. The Allies stand menacingly on the right. They are (left to right): John Bull, a fat 'cit' pugnaciously clenching his fists; a morose-looking Spaniard; a Cossack, his right hand on his sabre; an (?) Austrian officer, his sword in his left hand, and on the extreme right a Dutchman in bulky breeches, with a long pipe in his mouth. Other heads are indicated behind. Napoleon's words are in a large label ... Behind Napoleon is Talleyrand supported on a crutch; he leans forward obsequiously, saying, "What my Master has said is true So help me G--d Amen"."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Devils imp praying for peace
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons., and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de,--prince de Bénévent,--1754-1838--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character)--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Britannia (right), fat, good-natured, and richly dressed, holding a fan, is kissed by a tall lean French military officer who bends forward, holding her below the shoulders. He is war-worn, his pigtail stands awkwardly erect and his hair straggles over his face, while the crown of his head is almost bald, as if plucked (cf. BMSat 10072). He wears jackboots ; his hat and sword lie on the ground beside him. She is almost spherical; her shield and trident, replacing the usual spear, lean against the wall behind her and out of sight. He says: "Madame, permittez me, to pay my profound esteem to your engaging person! & to seal on your divine Lips my everlasting attachment!!!" A cynical and sensual grin indicates the character of his advances. She smiles with coy complacency, saying, "Monsieur, you are truly a well-bred Gentleman! - & tho' you make me blush, yet, you Kiss so delicately, that I cannot refuse you; tho' I was sure you would Deceive me again!!!" Above their heads are oval bust portraits of Napoleon (left) and George III (right), the two men extending their arms as if to shake hands; the King scowls, Napoleon regards him with brooding suspicion. The frames are bordered by olive branches and palm-branches."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Meeting of Britannia & Citizen Francois and Meeting of Britannia and Citizen Francois
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
