Le chèf de la grande nation dans une triste position

Le chèf de la grande nation dans une triste position

Item Information

Title:
Le chèf de la grande nation dans une triste position
Description:
Napoleon about to be covered by the Allied "Extinguisher." The men surrounding Napoleon from left to right are: Wellington, Francis I, Bernadotte, Tsar Alexander and a man representing the Dutch.
Artist:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Date:
1814
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Generals
Rulers
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835
Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 36 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/g158c3494
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
French
Notes:
Title from item.
French copy (the inscriptions literally translated) of Cruikshank's 1813 etching, "The Head of a Great Nation in a Queer Situation." (Cohn: 1188.)
Notes (date):
Date from Wardroper.
Notes (citation):
Cohn, Albert M. "George Cruikshank: A catalogue raisonné of the work executed during the years 1806-1877." From the offices of "The Bookman's Journal," 1924, London.
Wardroper, John. "The Caricatures of George Cruikshank." David R. Godine, 1978, Boston.
Identifier:
18_08_000061
Barcode:
36666003816366