"Napoleon presides at a feast with Josephine seated on his left. A sumptuous dessert is on the table, with dishes moulded to represent English buildings, &c. Napoleon has begun to devour 'St James's', but has dropped his fork, and looks round in horro...
Alternative Title:
Handwriting upon the wall
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Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 24th, 1803, by Js. Gillray, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814, Piombino, Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, principessa di, 1777-1820, Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825, Caroline Bonaparte, consort of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1782-1839, and O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852
"The stage, flanked by the stage-boxes, extends across the design, the base of which is the orchestra, where the new Ministry perform. George III has stepped on to the stage from the royal box (l.) and confronts Napoleon, who stands arrogantly upon cl...
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Flight from St. Cloud's "over the water to Charley"
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Pubd. April 5th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, St. James Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838, O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, and Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820
"Napoleon, enthroned, receives the obeisance of Fox and his party. The centre figure is the enormous Mrs. Fox, burlesqued, and full face, who curtsies, fan in hand; her coarse features and patched face indicate Gillray's view of her antecedents, cf. B...
Alternative Title:
Introduction of Citizen Volpone and his suite at Paris
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Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 15th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Holland, Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady, 1770-1845, and Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855
"A burlesque of the trial of O'Connor at Maidstone (22 May), parts of the court being hidden by the large labels which issue from the mouths of prisoner and witnesses. The presiding judge (Buller) looks down with horror at the witnesses, the other jud...
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Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, 169 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Folding plate (also issued separately) to 'Anti-Jacobin Review', i. 285, illustrating extracts from a pamphlet published by Wright: Considerable allowance to those who purchase Thousands and Tens of Thousands for distribution. A burlesque of the trial...
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Publisher:
Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland
Subject (Name):
O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Subject (Topic):
Emblems, Judges, Justice, Nooses, Scales, Traitors, Trials, litigation, etc, Witnesses, History, and Politics and government
"A burlesque of the trial of O'Connor at Maidstone (22 May), parts of the court being hidden by the large labels which issue from the mouths of prisoner and witnesses. The presiding judge (Buller) looks down with horror at the witnesses, the other jud...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, 169 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
