Boney's inquisition another specimen of his humanity on the person of Madame Toussaint. [graphic]

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Title: Boney's inquisition another specimen of his humanity on the person of Madame Toussaint. [graphic]
Creator: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, artist
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [25 October 1804]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Octr. 25th 1804 by by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: Four French soldiers with hot pincers torturing "Madame Toussaint" by burning her flesh and pulling out her fingernails; Napoleon gloats on a throne to the right
Description: Title etched below image.
Attribution from George, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance: Jarndyce; November 2015.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 26.2 x 37.6 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1804
Satires (Visual works) England 1804
Material: etching, hand-colored ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Subject (Name): Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803
Subject (Topic): Family
Punishment & torture
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803 > Family
Punishment & torture > France > 1804
England > London > 1804
England > 1804

Access: Public
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