A satire on the Peace of Amiens between France and England, with caricatures of national figures (Holland, Russia, Britain, Spain, Turkey and Prussia) dancing to Napoleon's tune. Napoleon stands at right with pipe and tambourine singing 'Ah ci-ira, ci...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-row, Holborn
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Pipes (Smoking), Pipes (Musical instruments), Tambourines, and Dance
Scott, Edmund, approximately 1746-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1791]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 74. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three women walking side by side in a field, at left holding a lute and pointing towards the silhouette of a town at right, the figure at right holding a tambourine and the third in the centre wearing a wide brimmed hat and looking directly out at th...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published May 1st, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Five ladies play musical instruments; all stand, except a performer on the triangle who is seated (right) in profile to the left. Next her a vast lady, perhaps Lady Buckinghamshire, raises a massive fist to thump a tambourine. The centre figure, who ...
Alternative Title:
Musical mania of 1799
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 24th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816 and Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady, 1775-1861
Subject (Topic):
Savoyards, Bracelets, Clothing & dress, Chairs, Cymbals, French horns, Musical instruments, Organ grinders, Tambourines, and Women
Outside the door of a house, a giant Lord North stands with a more diminutively-rendered Fox. They are caricatured as street musicians, North beating on a tambourine and Fox playing the hurdy-gurdy as he holds out his hat to receive food scraps from a...
Alternative Title:
Ways and means for 1784
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd as [the] act directs by J. Langham, Russell Street, Covt. Garden
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Street musicians, Tambourines, Organ grinders, and Clothing & dress
