V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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1
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still image
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"An elderly judge holding a large open book, 'Law . . . Statutes', addresses a juryman, who stands facing him in the jury-box, where the rest of the jury are registering disgust. He says: "Mr Juryman-- you have requested permission to retire for a few...
"In a bare room with a raftered roof couples are energetically dancing, holding hands behind their backs, or above their heads. The women, with one exception, are young and handsome, the men ugly and plebeian. A seated fiddler plays with closed eyes (...
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. Febry. 20, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
In a series of three images Napoleon Bonaparte is first shown on the left as Emperor wearing royal regalia, with other crowns and pharaoh's insignia at his feet, the Tuilleries Palace behind him, signed "What I was," below and "A cruel tyrant" above. ...
Alternative Title:
What I was, what I am, what I ought to be
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Title etched at bottom of plate.
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Pubd. May 1st, 1814, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"Scene in an English court of law. The judge, Blücher, wearing a legal wig with regimentals, stands up with left arm extended, addressing Napoleon, who crouches in the dock (right), handkerchief in hand, pleading for mercy. Beside the judge are the s...
Alternative Title:
Europe's injuries revenged
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Pubd. July 28th, 1815, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria, 1793-1875, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, and Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823
"An adaptation of British Museum Satires No. 10039, by Gillray, the place of George III being taken by 'Blucher', the name on a ribbon worn over his uniform. The horse (left) is a restive charger instead of a hunter standing quietly. Blücher leans tow...
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. April 12, 1814, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852., Schwarzenberg, Karl Philipp, Fürst zu, 1771-1820., Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844., Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., and Kutuzov, Mikhail Illarionovich, svetleĭshiĭ kni︠a︡zʹ Smolenskiĭ, 1745-1813.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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1
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still image
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"A handsome strapping woman stands in the doorway of a brothel, a corner house of some size (right), tugging hard at the neck-cloth of a plainly dressed man, saying, "Wont you come, wont you come Mr Mug [a popular song, see British Museum Satires No. ...
"A drinking scene; a drunken man carousing with two women, raising a glass into which Death, a crowned skeleton standing behind him, pours a liquid from a small bottle, a great quantity of steam or smoke rising off; one of the women lies asleep on the...
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Title etched below image.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification)., Alcoholism, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Poisons, Skeletons, Birdcages, Birds, Dogs, Loss of consciousness, Eating & drinking, and Barrels
"A skeleton, Death (left), seated on a cannon, his elbows on his knees, faces Napoleon, not caricatured, in a similar attitude on a drum. The 'two Kings' gaze fixedly at each other, Death menacing, Napoleon as if trying to read a terrifying riddle. De...
