"A broadside satirising share traders; with an etching showing five scenes relating to stock holders and traders, in the centre an image of the interior of a coffee house with various people dealing papers; with engraved Dutch title, inscriptions, and verses in four columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Grosse Versammel-Platz der Wind Verkäuffer A. 1720
Description:
Title engraved above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The great gathering place of the wind dealers in the year 1720., Large image in center of sheet and four smaller designs, two on each side. Each smaller design has seven lines of verse below it., Four columns of verse in Dutch below the image in the center: De Zamel-plaats der Actie-Héren ..., Plate 41 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark.
An anti-Napoleon broadside including an engraved, cartographic bust of Napoleon above two columns of letterpress in Dutch, German, English and French. The face of Napoleon is formed of carcases of war victims: on the collar are waves of the sea; a "hand" is placed as the epaulet while on the cuff is 'R' (for Regent), round the wrist 'Honi Soit ', on the fingers are the letters 'A', 'R', 'P', 'S', 'E' (for the Allies). A drawing the Rhenish Confedracy [sic] under the flimsy symbol of the cobweb: and the "spider" is a symbolic emblem of the vigilance of the Allies
Description:
Title from letterpress caption above text., The name "Napoleon" appears four times below image, above each section in Dutch, English, French, and German. Text in English begins: The first, and last, by the wrath of Heaven Emperor of the Jacobins ..., Engraved image of Napoleon: plate mark 22.7 x 15.9 cm., The satirical Napoleon portrait is a copy of the original by Voltz; Cf. No. 12177 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Place and date of publication based on English-language version of the print published in London by Ackermann in 1814; Cf. No. 12202 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.