Napoleon in bed wearing a nightshirt holds a map of Malta while visions of soldiers poisoned in the hospital at Jaffe, the massacre at Paris 18 Vendémiaire, the invasion of England, ghosts of the 3800 murdered Turks on the sand hills of Syria, the surrender of Ajacio in 1793, Wellington seeking revenge, his attempted poisoning, and murder by his own soldiers fill the room
Alternative Title:
Boney's visions
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist tentatively identified as Lt-Col Thomas Braddyll, a young amateur who supplied designs for satirical prints to James Gillray. See British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., For a later print with a similar theme and title, see no. 11736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9., and Watermark: Russel & Co. 1799.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 and Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
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still image
Abstract:
"Napoleon, scarcely caricatured, stands in the centre of the design, pointing with left forefinger to a pile of cannon-balls in the right foreground inscribed 'Forse, meat Balls for the Lads of Paris'. Just behind him, and emerging from clouds, stand the Devil (left) and Death (right), directing his actions. Napoleon is flanked by two much taller supporters: an Italian brigand holding up a pole inscribed 'Plunder' to which a limp purse is tied, and with a pistol in his left hand. On the right is a savage dishevelled butcher, holding up a knife, with a noose in the right hand. Both wear belted tunics. These three are identified by an inscription below the design: 'Capt of Starved Banditty from the Alps, Ad Camp,, The Aghast Emperor & his two Friends & Pillars of the State,, Butcher from Elba. Generalissimo'. All are dominated by a larger figure, emerging from clouds above Napoleon's head, which has a scaly body and streaming hair, styled 'Deamon of War Presideing over the Tyrant'. His extended right hand points to the words 'Boundless Ambition' in large letters on a background of fire and lightning of which he is the centre. In his left hand is the shaft of a pennant inscribed: 'We, Come, to Redres:s Grievances'. Dark clouds and lightning extend left and right over ranks of soldiers in the middle distance who watch Napoleon. Those on the right are a ragged, dilapidated, and motley crew, some with pitchforks; they shout "Vive la Empre . . . [sic]" and "Vive la Boun. . . ." Those on the left are perhaps intended for National Guards (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12531)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "351" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 64 in volume 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815
Subject (Topic):
Butchers, Devil, Skeletons ., Death, Soldiers, Italian, and French
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sketch of the life of Buonaparte
Description:
Title etched below images., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Two designs arranged horizontally on one plate, with a single collective below; each design is individually titled, has an explanatory caption below the title, and has a double border surrounding the image and text., Caption for leftmost design entitled "Democratic innocence": The young Buonaparte & his wretched relatives, in their native poverty, while free booters in the island of Corsica., Caption for rightmost design entitled "Democratic humility": Buonaparte when a boy recieved [sic] thro the Kings bounty into the Ecole Militaire at Paris., A copy of a print by Gillray of the same title that was published 12 May 1800. Cf. No. 9534 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., "Pl. 1" etched above left design, outside double border; "Pl. 2" etched above right design, outside double border., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 45 in volume 1.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles etched below images., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Two designs arranged horizontally on one plate; each design has an individual title below, an explanatory caption underneath the title, and a double border surrounding the image and all text., Caption for leftmost design entitled "Democratic gratitude": Buonaparte, heading the Regicide Banditti which had dethron'd & murder'd the monarch whose bounty had foster'd him., Caption for rightmost design entitled "Democratic religion": Buonaparte, turning Turk at Cairo for interest, after swearing on the sacrement to support the Catholic faith., A copy of two panels from Gillray's print, published 12 May 1800, entitled: Democracy, or, A sketch of the life of Buonaparte. Cf. No. 9534 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 44 in volume 1.
Four scenes in one plate, each with a separate title; the subjects are Napoleon's defeat in Russia, the Prince Regent, a domestic scenes, each characterised by a disaster, the first shows a man in a bedroom beside a coffin, dancing, and last, a man on the floor being beaten by his wife after upsetting the tea table (shown with two demons). catalogue
Description:
Title from text at center of plate., Four separately titled images on one plate, each signed by the printmaker., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1815.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Father of the fameily takeing his eldest boy from school and Father of the family taking his eldest boy from school
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to John Cawse from unverified data in local card catalog record., Publisher and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Plate numbered "365" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Crowns -- Devils -- Satan., Watermark: Basted Mill 1817., and Leaf 95 in volume 5.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Text following title: Vide Morning Chronicle April 28., A reduced copy of a print by Gillray with the same title. Cf. No. 10560 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 49 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
State epicures taking un petit souper
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Text below the title: "The great globe itself and all which it inherit" is too small to satisfy such insatiable appetites. Vide Mr. W-d-m's eccentricities, in [the] Political Register., A reduced copy of a print by Gillray with the same title. Cf. No. 10371 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 58 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821