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The Wages of Sin is Death. A Characteristic Design for the Arms of Buonaparte.
Designed Drawn & Invented by E.F. Stratton Reader.
Published for the proprietor, March 10, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Strand, 1807.
Scarce stipple. 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A satirical heraldic set of arms for Napoleon, supported by Death and the Devil. The scenes on the shield are: Napoleon's Coronation in 1804; the murder of the Duke D'Enghien in 1804; ; the massacre of Turkish prisoners in 1799, and the murder of Captain John Wesley Wright in 1805. An early example of the theme, later copied by Vogel, Cruikshank and Rowlandson.
BM Satires 10706. See item 63811 for later impression.
[Ref: 63973] £650.00
Designed Drawn & Invented by E.F. Stratton Reader.
Published for the proprietor, March 10, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Strand, 1807.
Scarce stipple. 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A satirical heraldic set of arms for Napoleon, supported by Death and the Devil. The scenes on the shield are: Napoleon's Coronation in 1804; the murder of the Duke D'Enghien in 1804; ; the massacre of Turkish prisoners in 1799, and the murder of Captain John Wesley Wright in 1805. An early example of the theme, later copied by Vogel, Cruikshank and Rowlandson.
BM Satires 10706. See item 63811 for later impression.
[Ref: 63973] £650.00
The Wages of Sin is Death. A Characteristic Design for the Arms of Buonaparte.
[G. Alexander sculp] Designed Drawn & Invented by E.F. Stratton Reader.
Published for the proprietor, March 10, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Strand, 1807.
Scarce stipple. 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"). Mounted in album paper at sides. Small margins.
A satirical heraldic set of arms for Napoleon, supported by Death and the Devil. The scenes on the shield are: Napoleon's Coronation in 1804; the murder of the Duke D'Enghien in 1804; ; the massacre of Turkish prisoners in 1799, and the murder of Captain John Wesley Wright in 1805. An copy of a plate published by J.B.G. Vogel in 1808, with a demon on the left side replaced by Death, by Rowlandson.
BM Satires 10706. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70073] £490.00
[G. Alexander sculp] Designed Drawn & Invented by E.F. Stratton Reader.
Published for the proprietor, March 10, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Strand, 1807.
Scarce stipple. 320 x 260mm (12½ x 10¼"). Mounted in album paper at sides. Small margins.
A satirical heraldic set of arms for Napoleon, supported by Death and the Devil. The scenes on the shield are: Napoleon's Coronation in 1804; the murder of the Duke D'Enghien in 1804; ; the massacre of Turkish prisoners in 1799, and the murder of Captain John Wesley Wright in 1805. An copy of a plate published by J.B.G. Vogel in 1808, with a demon on the left side replaced by Death, by Rowlandson.
BM Satires 10706. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70073] £490.00