<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The progress of the Empress Josephine [graphic]</dc:title><dc:creator>Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[20 April 1808]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"A sequence of eight libellous representations arranged in two rows, each with a caption. (1) She is stout, homely, and rather truculent as 'A Planters Daughter.' (2) As a clumsy and bejewelled parvenue she is 'A French Countess'. (3) In weeds she holds a handkerchief to one eye: 'A Widow.' (4) Elegantly dressed, she holds out heavily shackled wrists: 'A Prisoner'. (5) Similarly dressed, she raises a forefinger and holds a fan before one eye: 'A Loose Fish.' (6) She dances, Maenad-like, snapping thumb and forefinger, as 'Barras's Mistress' [see British Museum Satires No. 10369]. (7) She wears a military tunic and plumed helmet, and holds a riding-switch as 'A Generals Lady.' (8) Walking in profile to the left. holding out a sceptre and wearing a jewelled gown and a crown, she is fat and vulgar as 'An Empress' [see British Museum Satires No. 10362]."--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title etched below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge.</dc:description><dc:description>Companion print to: The progress of the Emperor Napoleon.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4.</dc:description><dc:description>Also issued separately?</dc:description><dc:description>Plate numbered "236" in upper right corner.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>