The magnanimous minister chastiseing [sic] Prussian perfidy [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The magnanimous minister chastiseing [sic] Prussian perfidy [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Magnanimous minister chastising Prussian perfidy
Magnanimous minister chastiseing Prussian perfidy - Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [ca. 2 May 1806?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"Fox, wearing a military cocked hat, with civilian dress, threatens Prussia (or Frederick William III) with his sabre, while he puts a foot on the sword that Prussia has dropped. The latter, a grotesque figure with a long pigtail and moustaches, kneels terrified at his feet, clasping his hands in supplication. His Death's Head Hussar cap falls from his thrown-back head; he wears a fur-trimmed cloak and tunic, with a badge of the Prussian Eagle on his sleeve, with half-boots and extravagant spurs. Fox says, with an expression of sour and calculating contempt, " - O you Prussian Marauder, you! - what I've caught you at last? - what, You took me for a double-faced-Talleyrand! did you? - did you think I was like yourself, to Look One way & Row another? - what you thought because I make Loyal Speeches now, that I must be a Turncoat? - O you Frenchified Villain! - I'll teach you to humbug & insult my poor, dear, dear Master? - & to join with such Rascals as Boney, & O'Conner!" Prussia exclaims, terrified, "indeed! indeed! indeed! I could not help it. - " Meanwhile, Napoleon, holding his sabre, and wearing feathered bicorne, with spurred jack-boots, furtively hastens up to Fox from behind, to read the open book which the latter displays to him behind his back: 'State of the Nation'.
- Description
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Title from caption below image.
Text following title: "Vide Morning Chronicle."
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10560 - Provenance
- Joel Bergquist; November 2013.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 22 x 30 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 806.05.02.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1806 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Subject (Topic)
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Admirals
British
Military uniforms
Clothing & dress - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Admirals > British
Military uniforms > British
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1806
England > London > 1806
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11778356
- Object ID (OID)
- 16893205