"Bonaparte (much caricatured), standing precariously on a 'Dutch Cheese', is attacked by the allies. Austria and Russia pull from his thin leg a large clumsy boot, consisting of a map of 'Italy'; coins (French plunder) pour from the boot, on which 'Naples', 'Rome', 'Florence', and other geographical divisions are indicated. Austria is a fierce hussar, smoking a pipe, on his cap is the Habsburg eagle; he tugs at the boot, the Russian bear (on the extreme left) assists him, its paws clasping his waist. A ferocious Turk holds Bonaparte by the nose and raises a scimitar whose blade, inscribed 'St Jean d'Acre', drips blood; across his shoulders are strung bleeding ears and noses to which Bonaparte's is to be added. A sailor (right), representing the British Navy, seizes Bonaparte from behind; in his hat are ribbons inscribed 'Nelson', 'Duncan', 'Bridport'. A fat Dutchman on the extreme right, with the blunt profile of the Prince of Orange, tugs at the cheese in order to dislodge Bonaparte; he kneels on a paper, 'Secret Expedition'. Bonaparte's uniform is ragged, his left foot is bare, but in each hand is a blood-stained dagger. In the background (right) tiny figures (probably Dutch) dance hand-in-hand round a bonfire in which burns a 'Tree of Liberty', a bonnet-rouge on a pole, cf. BMSat 9214."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Allied powers unbooting Egalitè
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Alliances -- Expedition to Holland, August 1799 -- Military: Austrian Hussar -- Emblems: Russian bear -- Turks -- Reference to the siege of Acre, 1799 -- Reference to Napoleon's defeat in Italy, 1799 -- British Navy -- Dutchmen -- Reference to Admiral Horation Nelson -- Reference to Admiral Adam Duncan.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 1st, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806
Title from letterpress header to broadside printed below image., Header to broadside continues: By Jacob Quirk, a modern sonnetteer. A soliloquy., Fourteen lines of verse printed on broadside portion of sheet: Hungry and cold, unshelter'd with a cloak, A solitary wretch, these shores I roam ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: Ruse & Turners., and Countermark: 1805.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[20 May 1797]
Call Number:
797.05.20.03++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Voluntary contributions for carrying on the war!
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of ten figures in two rows, each with lines of text etched above., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: War contributions -- Corruption -- Politicians -- Clergy -- British sailors -- Card playing -- Russian coins., Watermark: E & P 1794., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 20th, 1797, by W.S. [sic] Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Two lines of verse below title: "No more a social walk the morn employs" ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Reading -- Ink stands -- Rugs -- Women.
An angry wife (left) with her hair tied up in a kerchief throws the contents of a chamber pot in her husbands face as she hammers him on the head with a small pick. The rotund husband with breeches untied winces in pain; in his left hand is a large stick. The cat clinges to his leg in terror. On the wall hangs a picture of "Patient Grin[?]".
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Woodward. Cf. Labourers in the vineyard!! / Woodward del., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A group of four musicians in a semi-circle play their instruments -- a viola, violin, harpsichord, and cello. Most of the musicians are seated in chairs, but the violist stands with one leg raised. A dog and cat (who plays amongst some fallen sheet music) are in the foreground left and right, respectively
Description:
Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 21, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Musical instruments, Music ensembles, and Musicians
Charles Fox, dressed as an Asian prince, stands in an arrogant pose looking over his right shoulder. In his left hand is a rolled document, perhaps the India Bill
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and "Plate 1" above design on the right.
America, shown as a dark-skinned man with a feather head dress, a goat skin drape, an arrow in his left hand, stands on the shore under a palm tree. An enslaved person in a feather head dress kneels at his feet. An alligator walks towards them. A ship is in the distance. Also in the background is a raised shelter with a hammock inside. One man stands by the hammock and two others sit in it.
Description:
Title from the first line of verse below image., Printmaker from Chaloner Smith., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record; before 1763. See J.C. Smith., Four lines of verse below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications -- Hammocks -- Native peoples.
Publisher:
Sold by I. McArdell at the Golden head in Covent Garden & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street