A stem of a violet with the heads in profile of eight figures -- Sir Walter Scott, Duke of Cumberland, Lord Brougham, King William, Queen Adelaide, Princess Victoria, Napoleon Buonaparte, Duke of Wellington -- are hidden amongst the leaves, stems, and...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published by R. Gilbert, 31 Oxford St. and W. & J.O. Clerk, litho., 202 High Holborn
Subject (Name):
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832,, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868,, Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849,, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821,, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851,, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837,, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901,, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852,
"A puzzle portrait, of Richard Tyson and James King, Masters of the Ceremonies at Bath; the profile portraits defined by the contours of an urn, with olive branches, and an oval plaque with three dancing girls."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Pub. as the Act directs by Hibbert, Bath
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Name):
Tyson, Richard, active 1796, and King, James, active 1785-1805,
"The base of the design is a dunghill from which rises the head of Napoleon as a young republican officer, not caricatured. His head is covered by a large cup-shaped fungus, decorated with a tricolour cockade and resembling a Cap of Liberty; from its ...
Alternative Title:
Pedigree of Corporal Violet
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by H. Humphrey June 9th, 1815 - No. 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832., Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847., and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Political satire, French, Politics and government, Mushrooms, and Flowers
A picture puzzle engraving of a patriotic posy, the leaves of which frame voids in the shape of the profiles of eight British and European leaders in coalition against Napoleon. It may have been produced as a response to the Bonapartist "Corporal Viol...
Alternative Title:
Rose, shamrock, and thistle
Description:
"To general union, this plate containing profiles of eight illustrious personages is most humbly inscribed, by a friend of liberty."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Europe. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825., Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819., Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835., Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824., and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleon, Elba and the Hundred Days, 1814-1815, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Signs and symbols, Political aspects, and Politics and government
Optical illusion, showing one head which, depending on whether it is turned, appear to be either bespectaled older woman or a young woman with an object around her neck
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 12, 1790, by I. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street, London
