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![[Ap]otheosis of the Corsican-Phoenix.](jpegs/68947.jpg)
[Ap]otheosis of the Corsican-Phoenix. "When the Phoenix is tired of Life, he builds a Nest upon the Mountains, and setti[ng] it on Fire by the wafting of his own Wings - he perishes Himself in the Flames! and from the smoke of his Ashes Arises a new Phoenix to illuminate the World!!! Vide The New Spanish Encyclopedia Edit.
[J.s G]illray inv.t & fec.t.
Publishd - August 2d 1808 - by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street
Coloured etching, fresh colour. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within image at sides, into plate elsewhere, losing part of title and inscriptions, laid on album paper.
Napoleon as a phoenix, setting fire to his nest, which is a globe showing the Mediterranean countires, resting on muskets on a pinnacle labled 'Pyrenean Mountains'. His face has a look of terror; his claws open, dropping a sceptre and orb, as his crown falls from his head. Napoleon's Spanish venture is prophetically depicted as his self-immolation.
BM Satires 11007.
[Ref: 68947] £480.00
[J.s G]illray inv.t & fec.t.
Publishd - August 2d 1808 - by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street
Coloured etching, fresh colour. Sheet 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within image at sides, into plate elsewhere, losing part of title and inscriptions, laid on album paper.
Napoleon as a phoenix, setting fire to his nest, which is a globe showing the Mediterranean countires, resting on muskets on a pinnacle labled 'Pyrenean Mountains'. His face has a look of terror; his claws open, dropping a sceptre and orb, as his crown falls from his head. Napoleon's Spanish venture is prophetically depicted as his self-immolation.
BM Satires 11007.
[Ref: 68947] £480.00