"Three symmetrically prancing lions (left) and Napoleon (right) as 'The Beast' face each other across a narrow channel. In the background (left) John Bull, an obese citizen, sits surrounded by casks and bales (one marked 'I' or 'L M') under the Tree of the 'Constitution'. This has three branches: in the uppermost is a royal crown, the others (presumably) represent the Lords and Commons, ... Behind him are symbols of industry: men reaping, a bee-hive, a thatched farm-house. Above the tree flies an angel with a flaming sword ... Napoleon's head is scarcely caricatured, but has two horns - on one is poised an imperial crown, on the other the Papal tiara. In his dragon's claws he holds up a dagger and three short chains (for the lions); he is branded '666', and his tail is triply barbed. He has webbed wings, scaly shoulders, and a tiger-like body. Under his feet are broken fragments of crowns, sceptres, and crosiers. ... In the background (right) two demons fly above a breaking staff surmounted with the cap of liberty; at its feet lies a man in chains. A firing squad aims at women and children; buildings are in flames. The (printed) 'Explanation: 'JOHN BULL is sitting under his favourite Oak, supported by Commerce and Industry reaping the Fruits of his Labors, and protected by the power of God, whilst France is enslaved under their Tree of Liberty, which is falling to the Ground - the Honors and Independence of Nations are broken and trampled underfoot, and all the Horrors of War are extending their Ravages with unremitting fury. - Bonaparte is considered as the Dragon, the Beast, and the false Prophet, Rev. xvi. 13, xiii. II, and following verses, xix. 20 - and also as Gog, Ezek. xxxviii. and xxxix. - His brutal and ferocious Dispositions are represented by the Body and Feet of a Tyger; his inordinate Desires, by the Chest, Wings, and Claws of a Dragon, holding out Death or Slavery; his Head with two Horns represents his civil and ecclesiastical Authority; and is intended to point out, that though a Dragon and a Tyger have been the most dreadful and destructive of all real and imaginary Creatures, yet even their horrid Natures are surpassed by the sanguinary and rapacious Dispositions of that implacable Tyrant. - The THREE LIONS represent the united Naval, Regular and Volunteer Force of England, Scotland, and Ireland, watching the Monster's Motions, and springing forth eager to meet him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from letterpress text below image., "Price 1s. coloured, --6d. uncoloured"--Following imprint., and Illustration to a pamphlet.
Publisher:
Printed by C. Stower, Charles Street, Hatton Garden, for the "Prophetic mirror, or A hint to England" by L. Mayer and Sold by Parsons and Son, Ludgate Hill; Vidler, 349 Strand; and Marsom, 187 High Holborn; Major, Duke Street, West Smithfield; and Fairburn, 146 Monories
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), National emblems, and British
"A procession from the open door of an inn (r.) towards the room destined for the traveller, a fat, ugly, elderly woman with a twisted, appraising profile, holding up a fan in her right. hand, from the little finger of which dangles a parasol; tucked under her left. arm is a lap-dog. She wears a riding habit; over her straw hat is a hood or scarf. After her shambles a lean elderly man, much caricatured, carrying an embroidery frame, bag, and box. Behind him is a man holding up a caged bird, to which he whistles grotesquely, while a cat ensconced in an alcove grabs at the cage. An immensely fat woman, holding a 'Bill of Fare', stands against the wall, watching the visitor. The fat host (l.), napkin in hand, ushers her towards the room, with pointing thumb; it is called 'the Ram', the adjacent door is placarded 'the Union'. Bell-wire meanders over the wall connected with bells belonging to the two rooms; both are jangling. Through the door is seen the sign of the inn: a cock on a pair of breeches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Print signed using Brownlow North's device: A compass pointing north., and Mounted on leaf 26 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 20th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
Title from item., Plate numbered 364 in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Seven lines of descriptive text arranged between two columns below title: Two Bond Street loungers discoursing in Picadilly, one of them said, he wish'd much to go into the country, upon which the other made the following observation ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Hessian Boots -- Spatter Dashes -- Book Shop -- Bond Street.
Publisher:
Published 20th Augt., 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Four French soldiers with hot pincers torturing "Madame Toussaint" by burning her flesh and pulling out her fingernails; Napoleon gloats on a throne to the right
Description:
Title etched below image. and Attribution from George, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 25th 1804 by by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. and Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803
"The patient sits on a stool, averting his head from the surgeon who supports his left arm, from which the blood spurts into a bowl. The operator wears spurred top-boots, and has a bucolic appearance suggesting a veterinary surgeon. The patient wears a nightcap and buttoned waistcoat over his shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue., One of a set of Gillray prints of medical conditions that were apparent studies in facial expression., Temporary local subject terms: Veterinary surgeons -- Bleeding -- Top boots., and 1 print : etching with engraving, hand-colored ; plate mark 261 x 200 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
"The patient sits on a stool, averting his head from the surgeon who supports his left arm, from which the blood spurts into a bowl. The operator wears spurred top-boots, and has a bucolic appearance suggesting a veterinary surgeon. The patient wears a nightcap and buttoned waistcoat over his shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue., One of a set of Gillray prints of medical conditions that were apparent studies in facial expression., and Temporary local subject terms: Veterinary surgeons -- Bleeding -- Top boots.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
"The patient sits on a stool, averting his head from the surgeon who supports his left arm, from which the blood spurts into a bowl. The operator wears spurred top-boots, and has a bucolic appearance suggesting a veterinary surgeon. The patient wears a nightcap and buttoned waistcoat over his shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue., One of a set of Gillray prints of medical conditions that were apparent studies in facial expression., Temporary local subject terms: Veterinary surgeons -- Bleeding -- Top boots., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.3 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 30.8 x 23.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 19 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
"The patient, buttoned up in a coat, sits full face in a water-closet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue., One of a set of Gillray prints of medical conditions that were apparent studies in facial expression., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Purgatives., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 25.5 x 20.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
"The patient, buttoned up in a coat, sits full face in a water-closet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue., One of a set of Gillray prints of medical conditions that were apparent studies in facial expression., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Purgatives., Watermark: Edmeads & Co. 1809., and Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
"The convalescent sits full face behind a small dinner-table. He holds up a glass of wine with a smile of satisfaction, and is about to carve a bird. He wears his nightcap. Behind his chair stands a stout footman in livery, smiling broadly."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue., One of a set of Gillray prints of medical conditions that were apparent studies in facial expression., Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: Footman in Livery -- Table Settings -- Food: Fowl -- Convalescents -- Medical Procedures -- Dishes: Gravy Boat., and 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple ; 265 x 204 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
