"Two designs placed side by side, the title so arranged that 'The Contrast' applies to both, the first four and last two words to the two designs respectively. [1] A scene outside Jaffa where the French flag flies from a fort on a rock at whose base are hospital tents (left), in which the sick can be seen. In the foreground Napoleon (a poor portrait) points with an imperious gesture to a bottle of 'Opium' in the hand of a distressed doctor in civilian dress. He says: "Don't talk to me of Humanity & the feelings of a generous heart, I say Poison those Sick dogs they are a burthen to me, & can no longer fight my Battles!!! I say destroy them - As for those Turks, them up in the Garrison, turn all the Guns upon them, Men, Women, & Children & blow them to atoms, they are too bold & resolute for me to suffer them to live, they are in my Way." In the middle distance (left) is a body of Turks, their arms tied behind them, guarded by a French soldier who points at Napoleon. Behind Napoleon two French officers exchange glances, acutely dismayed at the orders." ... [2] Two black soldiers, in neat regimentals, prepare to kill three haggard French officers. One raises an axe to smite a bound prisoner. Two British officers (left) interpose with outstretched arms; one says: "We know they are our Enemies, & yours, & the Enemies of all Mankind, nevertheless Humanity is so strongly planted in the Breast of an Englisman [sic], that he can become an humble beggar, for the lives, even of his enemies, when they are subdued." The other adds: "A mercy unexpected, undeserved surprises more."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Contrast to English humanity
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 [sic] lent out for the evening., and Mounted on a 19th-century blue album sheet. On the verso are newspaper clippings on a variety of topics: Sir Lionel Darell and the benevolence of the King to grant him land for his greenhouses in Richmond Park; "Observations on the rot of sheep"; Poem entitled "Leamington Spa"; "Balloon Ascension" an extract from a letter from Bristol, dated Sept 26.; an report of the death of Simon Southward, a miller who was a prisoner for 43 years for debt and the delusion of being the Earl of Derby.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 13, 1804, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Tents, Military medicine, Sick persons, Soldiers, Physicians, Opium, Military officers, Prisoners of war, Turkish, British, Physical restraints, and Axes
"German Prisoners #208 P.O.W. Camp Ste. Helene Constantine" in black ink., Signed: "M. Siporin" in black ink., and Verso: Stamp "Property of War Dept, Rejected by War Dept Art Committee." "L.10.21.45" in pencil. "Mr. Reeves Lewenthal, Associated American Artists, 711 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y." in pencil.
Subject (Topic):
Prisoners of war, Hygiene, and World War, 1939-1945
Postcard photographs created by commercial and amateur photographers of locations and events related to United States military involvement in the Mexican Revolution, ca. 1910-1917. Images include United States artillery, cavalry, and infantry, and Mexican federal and revolutionary soldiers, in addition to individuals in military camps, refugee camps, and prisoner of war camps. Other images include corpses on the battlefields and city streets, views of towns, and depictions of vehicles, such as trucks, trains, and an airplane, Identified events include the burning of Tijuana, Baja California, during a battle on May 9, 1911; the Osaple celebration parade in El Paso, Texas, in Fall 1912; the aftermath of shelling by the U.S.S. Chester of the Mexican Naval Academy, Veracruz, Veracruz-Llave, April 1914; the United States Army Tournament at Washington Park, El Paso, October 9, 1914; the Great Military Parade in El Paso, April 6, 1915; and an outdoor church service at Camp Cotton, Texas, April 11, 1915. Undated events include the recovery of war refugees off the coast of San Diego, California, and a horse stable fire at Fort Bliss, Texas, Identified photographers include Jim A. Alexander, El Paso, Texas; Frank C. Hecox of the Scott White and Company, El Paso, Texas; Walter H. Horne; C. M. Maigne; Calvin Osbon, P. Flores Pérez, Mexico; R.F. Pollock, Alamogordo and Cloudcraft, New Mexico; Robert Runyon, Brownsville, Texas; and Lt. F. R. Undritz, United States Army, in addition to an unidentified photographer with the mark in images "oTa", and a series of images created by an unidentified cavalryman, Identified publishers and distributors of postcards include Albertype Company, Brooklyn, New York; Arthur A. Kline and Company, El Paso, Texas; E. C. Kropp Company, El Fenix, Veracruz, Mexico; Fedtner Printing Company, Omaha, Nebraska; International Film Service; International News Service; G. J. Kavanaugh, Publisher, El Paso, Texas; H. H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Max Stein Publishing House, Chicago, Illinois; Passing Show Printing Company, San Antonio, Texas; S. H. Kress & Company, Scott White & Company, El Paso, Texas; Underwood & Underwood, New York, Identified locations in Texas include Abram, Brownsville, Granjeno, Hidalgo, Houston, Laredo, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Rio Grande City, San Antonio, Terlingua, and Von Ormy. Locations represented in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas include the military installations at Fort Bliss, Camp Cotton, Fort Hancock, and Camp Pershing, in addition to views of city streets and Washington Park. Other identified locations in the United States include Cloudcroft and Columbus, New Mexico. Identified locations in Mexico include Juárez, Chihuahua; Matamoros, Tamaulipas; Naco, Sonora; Tijuana, Baja California; and Veracruz, Veracruz-Llave. Other images depict the landscape along the Rio Grande River and international border between the United States and Mexico, Identified individuals include Pancho Villa, Venustiano Carranza, and United States army officer Charles B. Hazeltine, Identified military groups in the United States Army include the 6th Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Division, 20th Infantry Division, 22nd Infantry Division, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 13th Cavalry Regiment, and 15th Cavalry Regiment, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, and the 6th Field Artillery Regiment, and Brief notes on postcards by correspondents including Clyde Bartlett, 13th Cavalry Regiment, Troop B; Harry D. Brown, Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania; William Dobson, aboard the U.S.S. Chester; Robert Mills, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; E. W. Murray, Providence, Rhode Island, to his parents Emma Murray and Henry Murray; Clarence Schindorff, Fostoria, Ohio; Corporal Charles Trenkle, 69th Regiment of the New York National Guard; and Ernest J. Trinkle, aboard the U.S.S. Chester
Description:
Accompanied by a container list (in box 1). and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico, United States, Texas, Abram (Tex.), Brownsville (Tex.), Camp Cotton (Tex.), Camp Pershing (Tex.), Cloudcroft (N.M.), Columbus (N.M.), El Paso (Tex.), Fort Bliss (Tex.), Fort Hancock (Tex.), Granjeno (Tex.), Hidalgo (Tex.), Houston (Tex.), Juárez (Chihuahua, Mexico), Laredo (Tex.), Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico), McAllen (Tex.), Mexican-American Border Region, Mission (Tex.), Naco (Sonora Mexico), Rio Grande City (Tex.), San Antonio (Tex.), Terlingua (Tex.), Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico), Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico), Von Ormy (Tex.), and Washington Park (El Paso, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Alexander, Jim A., Bartlett, Clyde., Brown, Harry D., Carranza, Venustiano, 1859-1920., Dobson, William, aboard the U.S.S. Chester., Flores Pérez, P., Hazeltine, Charles B., Hecox, Frank C., Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921., Maigne, C. M., Mills, Robert, of South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania., Murray, E. W., Osbon, C. (Calvin C.), Pollock, R. F., Runyon, Robert, 1881-1968., Schindorff, Clarence., Trenkle, Charles., Trinkle, Ernest J., Undritz, F. R., Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923., Albertype Co., Arthur A. Kline and Company., Chester (Battleship), E. C. Kropp Company., El Fénix (Firm), G. J. Kavanaugh (Firm), H. H. Stratton (Firm), International Film Service., International News Service., Max Stein Publishing House., Mexico. Ejército, New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 69th, Passing Show Printing Company., S.H. Kress & Co., Scott White & Company., Underwood & Underwood., United States. Army, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 6th, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 16th, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 20th, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 22nd, United States. Army. Regiment of Artillery, 5th, United States. Army. Regiment of Artillery, 6th, United States. Cavalry, United States. Cavalry. 13th Regiment. Troop B, United States. Cavalry. 13th Regiment, United States. Cavalry. 15th Regiment, United States. Cavalry. 4th Regiment, United States. Navy, Great Military Parade, and United States Army Tournament
Subject (Topic):
History, Dead, Military camps, Prisoners of war, Refugee camps, Refugees, Revolutionaries, and Armed Forces
