"An allegorical design. Britannia, holding her shield and a cap of Liberty on a staff, rushes (right to left) with a calm expression to the edge of a cliff, urged on by Wellington and five other Ministers (scarcely characterized). On her right a man s...
Alternative Title:
Nation and her m-n-t-r's and Nation and her ministers
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
John Milleville?
Subject (Geographic):
Saint Helena,
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869., Wilson, Robert, Sir, 1777-1849., Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840., Lowe, Hudson, Sir, 1769-1844., and La Valette, Antoine-Marie Chamans, comte de, 1769-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Cliffs, Shields, Liberty cap, Angels, Justice, Scales, Military officers, and Crowns
"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...
Description:
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
Volume 2, page 19. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two young women sitting side by side at the edge of a grassy cliff overlooking the sea, one on the right pointing upwards with her right hand, the other in profile looking out to sea on the left where a ship on fire is visible in the distance, in a c...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Jany. 1t, 1784, by I.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
"Children on the sea-shore, with a background of cliffs and bathing-machines suggesting Brighton. In dress and manners they are tiny adults. Three couples walk arm-in-arm, a little boy sits on the ground. Two girls and two boys wear vast broad-brimmed...
"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 highe...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
