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![[Russian text] Napoleon and Münchhausen.](jpegs/67732.jpg)
[Russian text] Napoleon and Münchhausen. [Russian text translates to: I sell it for what I bought it (, if you don't like it, don't listen, but don't hamper [my] lying/telling)]
[n.d. c.1800]
Scarce hand-coloured etching, sheet 305 x 405mm (12 x 16"). Trimmed within plate and laid on backing paper.
Typical Russian propaganda cartoon to mock and undermine Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars. Bonaparte (1769-1821) sits on a throne in a grand hall, presumably exaggerating or making false claims, hence the comparison to the fictional Baron Munchhausen, known for telling outlandish tales. The text at the bottom is the English equivalent of: Don't shoot the messenger.
[Ref: 67732] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1800]
Scarce hand-coloured etching, sheet 305 x 405mm (12 x 16"). Trimmed within plate and laid on backing paper.
Typical Russian propaganda cartoon to mock and undermine Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars. Bonaparte (1769-1821) sits on a throne in a grand hall, presumably exaggerating or making false claims, hence the comparison to the fictional Baron Munchhausen, known for telling outlandish tales. The text at the bottom is the English equivalent of: Don't shoot the messenger.
[Ref: 67732] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![Satans, return from [Egypt] Earth. Discovered in council- with Belzebub & Belial- a sketch after Fuseli- !!!](jpegs/67711.jpg)
Satans, return from [Egypt] Earth. Discovered in council- with Belzebub & Belial- a sketch after Fuseli- !!!
[Cawse] fecit.
Publish.d Nov.r 30 1799 by SW Fores Piccadilly where f[olios] of Caricatures may be had for the Evening
Hand-coloured etching, 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Stamp of Samuel William Fores 'S.W.F' in brown ink in right corner. . Thread margin on left and trimmed to plate on right.
One phrase within the image, "Constitutions Ready for all Occasions", is in the typically neat hand of F. Sansom( fl. c.1797-1810); the remainder of the lettering is less carefully etched. Bonaparte (1769-1821) sits enthroned among clouds, brooding, his face in both hands. His right leg rests on a skull, his left trampling papers titled ‘Hymn Marselos’ and 'Council of Cinq Cents.’ Beneath the skull lie more papers: ‘Liste of the Judges’, ‘Myself in Egypt an Oratorio’, ‘Ca ira ira’. He wears uniform and a plumed cocked hat, framed by a radiant triangle of daggers inscribed ‘Seyes’, ‘Buonaparte’, ‘Ducos’; within it appears Abbaye. Behind him stand two attendant demons: Sieyès (1748-1836), wearing a bonnet-rouge, and Ducos (1747-1816), both emerging from clouds in long gowns, looking anxiously at their master; a label reads ‘Constitutions Ready for all Occasions’. In the air, four small, tailed demons with the heads of English Jacobins swarm around; Sheridan (1751-1816) spits fire at Bonaparte, while Fox (1749-1806) is at the right, the remaining figures likely M. A. Taylor (1757-1834) and Stanhope (1753-1816) .Along the lower edge appear rough Frenchmen cheering their new ruler, waving bonnets-rouges or daggers. One shouts "Down with the Councils up wth the Committees", another "Vive La Babouf Ca ira".
BM Satires 9431. Lugt L.2384.
[Ref: 67711] £420.00
[Cawse] fecit.
Publish.d Nov.r 30 1799 by SW Fores Piccadilly where f[olios] of Caricatures may be had for the Evening
Hand-coloured etching, 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). On 18th century watermarked paper. Stamp of Samuel William Fores 'S.W.F' in brown ink in right corner. . Thread margin on left and trimmed to plate on right.
One phrase within the image, "Constitutions Ready for all Occasions", is in the typically neat hand of F. Sansom( fl. c.1797-1810); the remainder of the lettering is less carefully etched. Bonaparte (1769-1821) sits enthroned among clouds, brooding, his face in both hands. His right leg rests on a skull, his left trampling papers titled ‘Hymn Marselos’ and 'Council of Cinq Cents.’ Beneath the skull lie more papers: ‘Liste of the Judges’, ‘Myself in Egypt an Oratorio’, ‘Ca ira ira’. He wears uniform and a plumed cocked hat, framed by a radiant triangle of daggers inscribed ‘Seyes’, ‘Buonaparte’, ‘Ducos’; within it appears Abbaye. Behind him stand two attendant demons: Sieyès (1748-1836), wearing a bonnet-rouge, and Ducos (1747-1816), both emerging from clouds in long gowns, looking anxiously at their master; a label reads ‘Constitutions Ready for all Occasions’. In the air, four small, tailed demons with the heads of English Jacobins swarm around; Sheridan (1751-1816) spits fire at Bonaparte, while Fox (1749-1806) is at the right, the remaining figures likely M. A. Taylor (1757-1834) and Stanhope (1753-1816) .Along the lower edge appear rough Frenchmen cheering their new ruler, waving bonnets-rouges or daggers. One shouts "Down with the Councils up wth the Committees", another "Vive La Babouf Ca ira".
BM Satires 9431. Lugt L.2384.
[Ref: 67711] £420.00
Le Volant Corse Ou Un Joli Joujou Pour Les Alliés. [The Corsican shuttlecock or a pretty plaything for Ye Allies.]
[After George Cruikshank]
[n.d. c.1814]
Scarce etching, 270 x 320mm (10¾ x 12¾"), with large margins
Satire on the final campaign against Napoleon had been characterized by Schwarzenberg's caution and diplomatic hesitation. Blücher (1742-1819) and Schwarzenberg (1771-1820), play badminton, batting a puppet-like Napoleon (1769-1821) back and forth as if he were a shuttlecock. Blücher calls out: “Bravo, Schwartzenberg! Keep the game going! Send him back this way, and—damn him—I’ll drive him off again.” Schwarzenberg replies: “There he goes! Why, Blücher, he used to be quite a heavy plaything—but damn me if he isn’t light as a feather now!” Both wear military uniforms, though Blücher is bareheaded. In the distance lies Paris, shown as a grand city of palaces and spires; three buildings display the double-headed-eagle flag, and one dome flies that flag above the tricolour.
Close copy of BM 12217A.
[Ref: 67692] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[After George Cruikshank]
[n.d. c.1814]
Scarce etching, 270 x 320mm (10¾ x 12¾"), with large margins
Satire on the final campaign against Napoleon had been characterized by Schwarzenberg's caution and diplomatic hesitation. Blücher (1742-1819) and Schwarzenberg (1771-1820), play badminton, batting a puppet-like Napoleon (1769-1821) back and forth as if he were a shuttlecock. Blücher calls out: “Bravo, Schwartzenberg! Keep the game going! Send him back this way, and—damn him—I’ll drive him off again.” Schwarzenberg replies: “There he goes! Why, Blücher, he used to be quite a heavy plaything—but damn me if he isn’t light as a feather now!” Both wear military uniforms, though Blücher is bareheaded. In the distance lies Paris, shown as a grand city of palaces and spires; three buildings display the double-headed-eagle flag, and one dome flies that flag above the tricolour.
Close copy of BM 12217A.
[Ref: 67692] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Sabot Corse En Pleine Deroute. [The Corsican Whipping Top in Full Spin!!!]
[After George Cruikshank]
[n.d. c.1814]
Scarce etching, 270 x 330mm (10¾ x 13"), with large margins.
Satire on Napoleon's (1769-1821) defeat by the Allies at the Battle of Leipzig, 1813. A spinning top with Napoleon’s head whirls above the ground while representatives of the Allied powers, Wellington (1769-1852), Schwarzenberg (1771-1820) (or Francis I (1768-1835)), the Tsar (1777-1825), Bernadotte (1763-1844), and Blücher (1742-1819), stand in a circle striking it. Napoleon’s severed limbs lie scattered around, each labeled with the name of a territory from his former empire. To the left, the future King of Holland (1772-1843) raises one of the legs, while in the distance to the right, Napoleon’s (1791-1847) wife and son (1811-32) flee in a carriage. Overhead, a demon carries off a despairing Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844).
Reversed copy of BM 12218A
[Ref: 67690] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[After George Cruikshank]
[n.d. c.1814]
Scarce etching, 270 x 330mm (10¾ x 13"), with large margins.
Satire on Napoleon's (1769-1821) defeat by the Allies at the Battle of Leipzig, 1813. A spinning top with Napoleon’s head whirls above the ground while representatives of the Allied powers, Wellington (1769-1852), Schwarzenberg (1771-1820) (or Francis I (1768-1835)), the Tsar (1777-1825), Bernadotte (1763-1844), and Blücher (1742-1819), stand in a circle striking it. Napoleon’s severed limbs lie scattered around, each labeled with the name of a territory from his former empire. To the left, the future King of Holland (1772-1843) raises one of the legs, while in the distance to the right, Napoleon’s (1791-1847) wife and son (1811-32) flee in a carriage. Overhead, a demon carries off a despairing Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844).
Reversed copy of BM 12218A
[Ref: 67690] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)