Grosvenor Prints

[Set of eight scenes of daily life in Naples after Hfalmar Mörner.]
Mörner [signed in plates.]
[Naples, Italy, c.1827.]
Set of eight lithographs with fine hand colour. Trimmed around titles and laid on album pages.
Charming semi-caricatured vignettes of Neapolitan street life, in vibrant contemporary hand colour, from the series 'Nuova Raccolta di scene popolari e costumi di Napoli disegnati esattamente dal vero'. They include crowd watching a Punch and Judy show, a religious procession with icon commemorating the Holy Virgin, a water-seller and soldier refreshing, a barber, roast chestnut seller, and a tambourine-seller. Hfalmar Mörner (1794 - 1837) was a Swedish count and amateur etcher; in Rome 1816-28.
[Ref: 20408] £980.00 view all images for this item

Discesa al Vesuvio.
G. Lenghi. Lit.
[n.d., c.1854.]
Hand coloured lithograph. Printed area 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾"). Old ink mss. in large margins.
Sightseers struggling down the steep slopes of Vesuvius, stumbling over the volcanic rubble. From Lenghi's 'Raccolta di Costumi Napoletani'.
[Ref: 39769] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Salita al Vesuvio.
G. Lenghi. Lit.
[n.d., c.1854.]
Hand coloured lithograph. Printed area 135 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾"). Old ink mss. in large margins.
Sightseers struggling up the steep slopes of Vesuvius, aided over the volcanic rubble by guides. One woman is carried in a chair. From Lenghi's 'Raccolta di Costumi Napoletani'.
[Ref: 39768] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Rissa di Donne.
[after Giacomo Lenghi.]
[n.d., c.1854.]
Hand coloured lithograph. Printed area 200 x 140mm (8 x 5½") Old ink mss. in margin.
A squabble among women in a street in Naples, overlooking the bay. In the background the volcano Vesuvius is smoking. From Lenghi's 'Raccolta di Costumi Napoletani'.
[Ref: 39770] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Portraits of Napoleon and his circle.]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Zincograph and letterpress. Sheet 765 x 505mm (30½ x 20"). Tears to edges and folds.
An uncut sheet of 16 portraits of Napoleon and his family, designed to be folded and cut for an 8vo book, with one portrait per page. Thus half the portraits are printed upside down on this sheet. The other members of the family are: his wives Josephine & Marie Louisa and son Napoleon II; his parents Charles & Letitia and uncle Cardinal Fesch; his siblings Joseph, Louis, Lucien, Jerome, Eliza, Pauline and Caroline; and sister-in-law Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of Prussia. The outsider in the collection is Count Metternich who, despite facilitating the marriange of Napoleon to Maria Louisa, did much to rally the Allied opposition to him.
[Ref: 36058] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Napoleon and the Invasion of Britain.
Alexandra Franklin and Mark Philip, with contributions by Katrina Navickas.
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2003.
4to, illustrated soft covers, pp.131, profusely illustrated.
The catalogue of an exhibition of satire and propaganda pieces at the Bodleian Library.
[Ref: 59736] £70.00

The Latest Portrait of Napoleon. (On Board the Bellerophon) Painted by C.L. Eastlake R.A. in 1815.
Eng.d by J. Roberts from the Original Picture by C.L. Eastlake, R.A.
Published exclusively in the Art-Journal
Engaving, sheet 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Trimmed; unidentified 'R.J.' collector's stamp verso.
Detail of Charles Eastlake's full-length portrait of Napoleon in the uniform of the Chasseurs, on board the Bellerophon with soldiers around him. Eastlake's painting was enormously popular when first exhibited in 1815 and established the painter's reputation. The painting is now in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Collector's stamp not in Lugt.
[Ref: 41420] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Tomb of Napoleon.
Sketched Etched and Published by G. Cruikshank. [n.d., c.1834.]
Etching on india laid paper, 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11").
A view of the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, where Napoleon Bonaparte died on 5th May 1821, surrounded by eight military and Napoleonic vignettes. A satirical print from 'My Sketch Book' 1834 by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
[Ref: 12016] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Ham. What looked he frowningly? / Hor. A countenance more in sorrow than in anger. Star No. 33.
T.C. Wilson. T.C. Wilson sc. Alvey lith 128 London Road.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Tear taped.
The ghost of Napoleon Bonaparte admonishes Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.
[Ref: 49495] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleons Besuch bei Churfürst Friedrich II. Kronprinz Wilhelm in der Schlacht v. Brienne.
Baisch fecit.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Two lithographs on one sheet. Total printed area 180 x 285mm (7 x 11¼")
Two scenes: on the left Napoleon visits Frederick II of Württemberg at the royal palace in Ludwigsburg in 1803, seeking a new ally; on the right Frederick's son William fights at the Battle of Brienne, 1814.
[Ref: 66234] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Public Execution of a Tyrant. A gibbet formed by the Allies, well supported by Old England. The British Oak & Lion, crushing & tearing the Corsican Viper, whose sting falls down harmless upon the Oak.
TH.
Published as the Act directs March 1814.
Hand-coloured aquatint, rare. Framed. Printed area: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Frame: 370 x 300mm (14½ x 11¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene showing a large snake, who represents Napoleon and the French, being hung from a gibbet carved with the names of the Allies (though Prussia is missing). The gibbet is supported by a oak tree representing England, while the English lion bites and claws at the snake's tail.
BM Satire 12200.
[Ref: 43876] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

The Emperor Napoleon I.
Inventor and Patentee G. Baxter, 11 & 12 Northampton Square [embossed stamp below image]
Baxter print with large margins; very fine, image 110 x 80mm (4¼ x 3¼"), sheet 205 x 165mm (8 x 6½"). Uncut.
Colour print of Napoleon when Emperor (1804-14), taken from a miniature and printed by George Baxter (1804 - 1867), wood-engraver, colour printer and lithographer; patentee of a method of colour printing for which he sold licences.
C.L. 224; Ball and Martin p.156
[Ref: 36762] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Peace of Tilsit] Friedens-Bündniss der Kaiser Alexander I. Napoleon I. und des Friedrich Wilhelm III. zu Tilsit im Pavillon auf dem Nieman am 26 Junius 1807.
bei Remnoni in Wien [n.d., c.1807].
Stipple. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), large margins. Some foxing.
A propaganda portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte standing between Alexander I of Austria and Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, clasping their hands, as they agreed the Treaties of Tilsit in 1807. The exchange looks friendly: Alexander said afterwards ''Never did I love any man as I loved that man''; however Napoleon had just appropriated half of Prussia's territory.
[Ref: 61049] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon as First Consul] Die Dreÿ Konsuln Franckreichs. 1. Ponaparte. 2. Cambuceres. 3 Le Brun.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce engraving, 18th century watermark. 185 x 280mm (7¼ x 11"). Trimmed to plate at top.
A popular print published as the coup of 18 Brumaire (10th November, 1799) replaced the Directory with the Consulate, a triumvirate of Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès & Charles-François Lebrun.
[Ref: 60731] £360.00

L'Apothéose.
[after Horace Vernet.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Scarce aquatint. Sheet 505 x 675mm (19¾ x 26½"). Trimmed within plate and into title at bottom. Ink stamp on right.
An engraved version of Horace Vernet's memorial to the death of Napoleon, ''Le Tombeau de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène ou L’apothéose de Napoléon'' painted in 1822. It depicts Napoleon's aides on St Helena, Generals Charles-Tristan Montholon (1783-1853) and Henri-Gatien Bertrand (1773-1844), with Bertrand's family, consoling one another, watched by ghostly figures from Napoleon's armies and Sultan Selim III of Egypt. St Helena is depicted as a rock in a stormy sea, with wreckage representing Napoleon's victories in the sea. Napoleon's grave is adorned with his bicorne hat and sword. The painting was first engraved by Jazet in 1822 with the title 'Le Songe de Bertrand'.
[Ref: 56164] £480.00

Entrée dans Berlin. Le 27 Octobre 1806. Troupes francaises.
Imp. F. Judenne. P. Merlens Marché aux Poulets No 4 [c.1830]
Lithograph, rare, printed area 255 x 305mm (10 x 12").
Napoleon's triumphant entry into Berlin, having crushed the Prussians quickly in the War of the Fourth Coalition (1806-7).
[Ref: 43158] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon on his Death Bed.]
Horace Vernet.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint. Sheet: 175 x 205mm (7 x 8''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Napoleon (1769-1821) on his deathbed on St. Helena. After the original oil painting by Horace Vernet painted in 1823.
[Ref: 49113] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Napoléon et sa Famille.
à Paris chez Dopter, Graveur Place du Caire, N.º 15 [n.d., c.1840].
Stipple with engraving. Sheet 390 x 270mm (15¼ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears, creasing, bit messy.
Ten medallion portraits, with Napoleon Bonaparte and his two wives in the centre, surrounded by his brothers and sisters.
Not in Welcome.
[Ref: 61532] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Napoléon et Son fils.
Paintd by Steuben. Engraved by G. Zobel.
London: Published Dec.r 1st. 1842, for the Proprietor, by the Engraver, 7, Commercial Road, Pimlico.
Mixed method mezzotint, printed in colours. Sheet 490 x 390mm (19¼ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears, inscription area rubbed and soiled. Repairs.
Napoleon reading in a library, with and his son, Napoléon François Charles Joseph, asleep resting on his thigh. On the mantle of the fireplace is the bust of Alexander the Great, at the time his only known portrait, which is now in the Louvre.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68184] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Theatre of War 1815. From the Straits of Dover, to the Rhine at Strasburg, and from Holland to Paris.
Published Feb.y 1. 1816, by J.no Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place.
Engraved map with hand colour. Sheet 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate, original binding fold.
A map of the theatre of the Waterloo Campaign, showing from Paris to Rotterdam, with the borders according to the Treaty of 1814 and the positions of the French, British and Prussian troops at the beginning of the campaign. From 'The Battle of Waterloo: containing the accounts published by authority, British and foreign'.
[Ref: 66693] £140.00

[Napoleon on Elba.]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 75 x 105mm (3 x 4¼"). Trimmed to image, losing all inscriptions, stains.
A fanciful portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte standing on a beach under a cliff-top fort, a ship out at sea.
[Ref: 66705] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Bonaparte.] [Gentlemen, with what razor do you shave me? Sir, English razor.] Messieurs avec quel Rasoir me faites-vous la barbe} Sire, Rasoir anglais.
[Pierre Lacroix.]
[n.d., c.1815.]
Scarce hand-coloured etching. 245 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Some time-staining.
A scatirical scene depicting Napoleon, seated on a stool in profile to the left, is shaved by Blücher (left) and Wellington, in profile to the left. The latter shaves the bald head, while Blücher, almost full-face, shaves the left cheek. Napoleon has a towel tied round his neck, and places his hands below it to hold up the barber's bowl.
[Ref: 67219] £380.00

Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air!_ Glorious Prospects!
J.s Gillray inv & fec.t.
Publish'd April 10th 1808 by H.Humphrey 27 St.James Street.
Coloured etching 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾ "). Frame measures 475 x 380mm (18¾ x 15"). Slightly time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting five key British Cabinet members asleep around a table. The table is covered with drink, and the ministers; William, 3rd Duke of Portland, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Spencer Perceval, Robert Stewart, and George Canning are portrayed as physically and mentally disengaged, lost in a shared dream. Their dream, floating above them in clouds, shows Britannia victorious in a chariot, with a chained and defeated Napoleon, subdued Russia, and other captive monarchs, followed by cheering crowds under a tattered Union Jack.
BM Satire 10979.
[Ref: 66034] £680.00

The Tomb of Napoleon.
Sketched Etched and Published by G. Cruikshank. [n.d., c.1834.]
Coloured etching, pt J. Whatman 18.. watermark. Sheet 185 x 265mm (7¼ x 10½"). Trimmed.
A view of the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, where Napoleon Bonaparte died on 5th May 1821, surrounded by eight military and Napoleonic vignettes. A satirical print from 'My Sketch Book' by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878).
[Ref: 55792] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon.] Arrivée en France. Les Anglais ayant buile Ajaccio Bonaparte en fut bani a perpétuité, avec lui s'embarqua toute cette famille de rois futurs.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph. Printed area 185 x 200mm (7¼ x 8"), very large margins.
Napoleon at the tiller of a boat taking him and his family from Corsica to mainland France. Although originally a Corsican nationalist, Napoleon was such a supporter of the French Revolution that he left the island in June 1793 when Corsica declared formal secession from France, establishing the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom which lasted until 1796.
[Ref: 55809] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon and his family arrive in France from Corsica, 1793.]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 325 x 385mm (12¾x 15"). Trimmed to image.
Napoleon at the tiller of a boat taking him and his family from Corsica to mainland France. Although originally a Corsican nationalist, Napoleon was such a supporter of the French Revolution that he left the island in June 1793 when Corsica declared formal secession from France, establishing the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom which lasted until 1796.
[Ref: 55814] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Souvenirs de Gloire et de Maleurs.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Rare engraving. Oval sheet 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾") Trimmed as oval, laid on album paper.
A design celebrating the triumphs and failures of Napoleon Bonaparte, with four verses within a circle within a collection of trophies, surrounded by a list of battles including Waterloo.
[Ref: 37383] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon Crossing the Alps.
A. Picken.
[n.d., c. 1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 145 x 190mm (5¾ x 7½").
A version of Jacques-Louis David's famous painting of Napoleon on a rearing Marengo.
[Ref: 62338] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Napoléon ches la Vieille.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 205 x 195mm (8 x 7¾"). Trimmed, foxing.
A scene showing Napoleon sitting in the kitchen of an old woman's home.
[Ref: 44723] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

A Scene at Boulogna or Needs must when the Devil drives.
[Satirist 1 Nov 1811].
Etching and aquatint in sepia. Sheet 200 x 365mm (8 x 14¼"), paper watermarked 'Edmonds & Pi[ne] 1807.' Folds as issued. Trimmed on all but right side.
Plate from The Satirist, ix, p. 341. A shoreline scene shows Napoleon (1769-1821), sword drawn, forcing a marine forward by his long pigtail, commanding, ''Rascal—F—e, go fight dem dam English.'' The marine replies, ''Sire, me like fight men; dem English be Diables,'' and wears a shako, military tunic, trousers, and slippers. In the foreground, grenadiers with fixed bayonets drive a trembling naval officer and several sailors toward a ship’s boat, into which one sailor is already falling. The officer, reluctant and frightened, wears a feathered bicorne, carries a telescope, and declares, ''Allons à la Gloire!'' The sailors are rough figures in bonnets rouges, shirts, and trousers; three serve as boatmen, while two exclaim, ''Oh! by Gar! dey vill eat us all up,'' and ''Ah mon dieu.'' On the horizon, two British ships are firing, with a third standing by.
BM Satires 11742.
[Ref: 67927] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon.
W. Palmer Sculp.
Published by George Smeeton, 17, St. Martin's Lane, May 1st, 1819.
Stipple, rare. Sheet size: 395 x 270mm (15½ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate at three edges.
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) in full coronation robes, wearing the 'crown of Charlemagne'.
[Ref: 39048] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Le dernier élan d'un grand homme.
[n.d., 1815.]
Fine & scarce coloured etching, with watermark. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), large margins.
A theatrical scene of Napoleon Bonaparte leaping from the British warship Bellerophon (where he had surrendered after Waterloo) to the Northumberland (the ship that took him to St Helena. He soars over Henri Gatien, Comte Bertrand, who stands with a ladder and the accoutrements of empire, in a barge. Bertrand accompanied Napoleon into exile.
BM Satires 12599, ''This print was entered in the 'dépôt légal' on 29 August 1815 and in the 'Bibliographie de France' on 2 September 1815 by Bournisien, who is yet to be identified''.
[Ref: 66178] £490.00

Napoleon Bonaparte. Messina. Ney. Murat. Kleber.
John Tallis & Company, London & New York. [n.d., c.1855.]
Steel engraving with small margins. 255 x 165mm (10 x 6½").
A head and shoulders portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte with four smaller portraits of his generals: Marshal André Masséna (17580817), out of favour by Napoleon's abdication, so survived the Restoration of the Bourbon monarchy; Marshal Michel Ney (17690815), executed for treason after Waterloo; Marshal Joachim-Napoléon Murat (17670815), Bonaparte's brother-in-law, executed in Italy; and General Jean Baptiste Kléber (17530800), assassinated in Cairo
[Ref: 36010] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Bonaparte's Interview with the Astronomer at Milan.
J.Cristall del. J.Wallis sc.
London Pub.d by Ja.s Wallis 77 Berwick Str. Soho, S.A. Oddy, Warwick La. J.Goodwin Ave Maria La. and Davies & Eldridge Fore Street Exeter [n.d, c.1815].
Engraving with etching. Sheet 135 x 175mm (5¼ x 7"). Mounted in album paper.
Napoleon seated by a table, on which stand two globes and a telescope; listening to the astronomer who stands, pointing to a globe. The original scene was a propaganda piece, promoting Napoleon as a patron of the Sciences.
[Ref: 55740] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Armistice avec le Roi de Sardaigne.
Grenier del. Lith: de C. Motte. R. des marais.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"). Uncut.
In 1799 King Charles Emmanuel IV was ousted from his territory of Piedmont by the French army, moving his court to Cagliari. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30803] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon I. A St Helene.] [vue prise le long de la plage, au moment de sa sortie du 6 Mai 1821.]
[Lith. de Lemercier.]
[Paris, chez Jeannin rue du Croissant No.20] [London published by Ch. Tilt N.o 86 Fleet Street] [n.d. c.1829]
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 465 x 325mm (18¼ x 13"). Trimmed losing title and publication line. Repaired tears.
Full-length portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), in uniform, standing on a cliff, in exile in Saint Helena.
[Ref: 68489] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

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[Birth of Napoleon.] Naissance de Bonaparte [in ms below].
[Anon., c.1810]
Etching with hand-colouring, 80 x 80mm (3 x 3"). Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet.
[Ref: 40365] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Bony's Visions or a great little man's night comforts.
The Caricaturist General fecit.
Published for the Satirist Sept.r 1.st 1811.
Etching, J. Whatman 1808 watermark, sheet 200 x 345mm (8 x 13½"). Trimmed within plate. Folds as issued.
Plate from the 'Satirist', ix. 165. Napoleon (1769-1821) jumps out of a canopied bed (left) while wearing a nightshirt, scared of the goblins, demons, and ghosts that loom around him. "Duroc, Savory, Roustan, aux armes aux armes," he cries in terror as he holds a dagger and has two pistols hidden beneath his pillow. Beside him, sleeping, is Marie Louise (1791-1847). Above his head, a massive imperial eagle with a crown and a sword declares, "Wretch I leave thee for ever." A demon (left) is nursing Napoleon's (1811-1832) son while perched on a stool, saying, "Dear Image of my darling Nap, / Suck milk of Hell instead of pap." The child's head resembles Napoleon's, and he is wearing the iron crown of Italy. His visions face Napoleon. Clouds sprout the heads and shoulders of ghosts, uttering phrases such as "I am D'Enghien, the blood of your King," "Remember Captain Wright," "I am Pichegru," and "I am George" in that order from left to right. Above them a Turk rides on the horizontal and elongated body of a French Grenadier, whose head is a skull, and who says: "I am one of your own Soldiers poisoned in the Hospitals of Egypt." "We are the Turkish Prisoners murdered at Jaffa the head of another Turk says, emerging from the mouth of the first one. "I am Toussaint," a monstrous bird with an African head declares driven toward Napoleon by a demoniac quasi-human being with two heads and one set of wings. Above, a head with the words "I am Palm" is framed by an open book, and two hands—palms—protrude from behind the book. A demon is sitting on the skinny man's back on the floor in front of the bed, slicing a heart with a knife, and he is holding up a placard that reads, "Morning Post—Courier [two ministerial papers]—Peltier—Ambigu Satirist—Gilray's Caricatures&c &c &c." with delight. In the centre a huge monster with a quasi-human profile above a massive, fanged mouth that is spewing demonic creatures and a leg that resembles a bird. A coffin with the letter’s "N" and a crown next to the bed has two birds—an owl and a stork—and a rat on it. Nestled on the bed curtain, an antlered imp is poised to use its wand to remove the crown atop Napoleon's nightcap. This skeleton is above. There are bones and skulls in the foreground. Napoleon is shown a vision from a flying cherub on the right, which says, "Napoleon, lo! Britannia still enjoys the blessings of the Constitution—Surrounded by Liberty, Commerce, and Plenty, supported by her heroes—and attended by public felicity, She defies thy machinations!" This allegorical group is on a dais to which lead steps inscribed 'Wellington', 'Graham', [and] 'Beresford'. This allegorical group is situated on a dais with the words "Wellington," "Graham," and "Beresford" inscribed on lead steps. Beneath an architectural canopy with the inscription 'G III Rex,' Britannia sits with her lion at her side. Wearing a Roman helmet, Liberty raises the cap of Liberty; Commerce and Plenty are symbolized by a figure holding a caduceus and cornucopia, with Public Felicity placing a protective arm around each.
BM Satires 11736.
[Ref: 62418] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon. The First, and Last, by the Wrath of Heaven Emperor of the Jacobins, Protector of the Confederation of Rogues, Mediator of the Hellish League, Grand Cross of the Legion of Horror, Commander in Chief of the Legions of Skeletons left at Moscow, Smolensk, Leipzig, &c., Head Runner of Runaways, Mock High-Priest of the Sanhedrim, Mock Prophet of Mussulmen, Mock Pillar of the Christian Faith, Inventor of the Syrian Method of disposing of his own Sick by sleeping Draughts, or of captured Enemies by the Bayonet; First Grave-Digger for burying alive; Chief Gaoler of the Holy Father and of the King of Spain, Destroyer of Crowns, and Manufacturer of Counts, Dukes, Princes, and Kings; Chief Douanier of the Continental System, Head Butcher of the Parisian and Toulonese Massacres, Murderer of Hoffer, Palm, Wright, nay, of his own Prince the noble and virtuous Duke of Enghien, and of a Thousand others; Kidnapper of Ambassadors, High-Admiral of the Invasion Praams, Cup-bearer of the Jaffa Poison, Arch-Chancellor of Waste-Paper Treaties, Arch-Treasurer of the Plunder of the World, the Sanguinary Coxcomb, Assassin, and Incendiary......to / MAKE PEACE WITH !!! / This Hieroglyphic Portrait of the DESTROYER is faithfully copied from a German Print, with the parody of his assumed titles. The Hat of the Destroyer represents a discomfited French Eagle, maimed and crouching, after his Conflict with the Eagles of the North. His Visage is composed of the Carcases of the Victims of his Folly and Ambition, who perished on the Plains of Russia and Saxony. His Throat is encircled with the Red Sea, in Allusion to his drowned Hosts. His Epaulette is a Hand, leading the Rhenish Confederation, under the flimsy Symbol of a Cobweb. The Spider is an Emblem of the Vigilance of the Allies, who have inflicted on That Hand a deadly Sting!'
[After Johann Michael Voltz, Harrison & Leigh Printers, 375 Strand.]
Published at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand, London [n.d., c.1811].
Rare coloured etching and letterpress. Sheet 485 x 300mm (19 x 11¾"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1811'. Damaged and cut with some loss.
An important piece of anti-Napoleon propaganda, featuring a composite portrait made up of details of Bonaparte's 'sins', with explanatory letterpress underneath. Based on a print by Johann Michael Voltz, it is one of the most widespread depictions of Napoleon. Versions were produced in nine European countries, twenty-three in Germany alone.
BM Satires 12002. See Ref: 55852
[Ref: 55808] £350.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] Second Edition. An Address To those Brave, Gallant, and Loyal Hearts, the Commanders, Officers, Seamen, and Marines, of The British Navy [...]
[c.1803] London: Printed for J. Asperne, (Successor to Mr. Sewell,) at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill; by J. Gold, Shoe-Lane; Price One Penny, or 6s. the 100 and 9d. per Dozen.
Letterpress, sheet 375 x 245mm (14¾ x 9½").
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height, addressing sailors to prepare them for invasion: 'British Seamen! At this important crisis you have arduous duties to perform: you must submit to many privations, and encounter many hardships and dangers [...] every Tar who has a Sweetheart on shore, or a Wife, or a Daughter, or a Sister that is dear to him, must feel how much it is his interest and duty to make every exertion in his power, to defeat the infamous designs of the enemy, and to hold all danger trifling, and all labour cheap, which may conduce to place these tender and valued connections in a state of security'. Reprinted from the 'Naval Chronicle' magazine. The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'. A note at the end suggests: 'Noblemen, Magistrates, and Gentlemen, residing near the Coast, would do well by ordering a few Dozen of the above of their Booksellers, and causing them to be stuck up in their respective Vicinities, and distributed amongst the Sailors.'
[Ref: 66444] £350.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] James Asperne Reprints the following Resolutions of the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Mary Lambeth, held at the Royal Oak, Vauxhall, July 26th, 1803, Robert Slade, Esq. in the Chair, from a Conviction of their Utility at the present important Critis, and that he may have an Opportunity of dispersing them with his other loyal Papers, which he has already circulated to the amount of nearly 300,000 in Number. [...] Robert Slade, Chairman.
[c.1803] London: Printed for J. Asperne, (Successor to Mr. Sewell,) at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill, by T. Maiden, Sherbourn-Lane;1 Price One Penny, or 6s the 100.
Letterpress, sheet 445 x 280mm (17½ x 11"). On laid paper watermarked 1802.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. The text publishes resolutions made at a meeting of inhabitants of St. Mary Lambeth (the parish stretching along the south of the Thames from Vauxhall to Waterloo), that in the face of possible invasion, all able-bodied residents of the parish must enrol to assist in the defence of their country. The wider application of the broadside was both to serve as an example to other parishes for increasing enrolment, and to defame Napoleon (much of the text consists of allegations of attrocities and tyrannical acts carried out by the consul). A note at the bottom of the sheet suggests 'Noblemen, Magistrates, and Gentlemen, would do well by ordering a few Dozen of the above Tracts of their different Booksellers, and causing them to be stuck up in the respective Villages where they reside, that the Inhabitants may be convinced of the Cruelty of the Corsican Usurper.' The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'.
[Ref: 33282] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Broadside against Napoleon] The Duke of Shoreditch, or, Barlow's Ghost. / Countrymen: After my Spirit had rested in peace more than two hundred years, I was, in a manner, called from my grave by a report in circulation, that the French intended to invade the now United Kingdoms of England and Ireland [...]
London: Printed for J. Asperne, Successor to Mr. Sewell, at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill, by T. Maiden. [Price 1d. or 6s. the 100.] August 10th, 1803.
Letterpress. Sheet 445 x 270mm (17½ x 10½"), with 1802 watermark. Creasing on right.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. This broadside, essentially a call for increased participation in the volunteer corps, is voiced by the ghost of a Shoreditch shopkeeper, aroused from his peace by rumours of the planned invasion. The ghost is initially confident of the Britons' ability to repel the French, but soon finds that 'the exercise of Arms had been long laid aside, except upon particular emergencies' and fears that the country will be overrun unless military participation is strengthened. Contains references to Finsbury, Clerkenwell and Shoreditch. The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'.
[Ref: 33276] £350.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] Substance of the Speech of Jacob Bosanquet, Esq. At the Royal Exchange, July the 26th, 1803
[1803] Printed for J. Asperne (Successor to Mr. Sewell,) at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill; by W. Lane, Leadenhall Street. Price One Penny each, or 6s the 100 / Where may be had, at the same Price, Sheridan's Address to the People. Also a Collection of all the Loyal Papers that have been and will be Published.
Letterpress, sheet 435 x 280mm (17 x 11"). Creasing lower right.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height, taken from a speech by Jacob Bosanquet (1755-1828), who was Chairman of the East India Company in 1803. This speech, made at an assembly of commercial interests, calls for the solidarity of those present with British interests, and to'unite in an unanimous declaration to stand or fall with our Country and our King'. Bosanquet compares Britain with Ancient Rome and Constantinople, and sees the Sack of those cities as examples to be avoided, of how even great cities can fall through inadequate vigilance. A note at the bottom of the sheet suggests 'Noblemen, Magistrates, and Gentlemen, would do well by ordering a few Dozen of the above Tracts of their different Booksellers, and causing them to be stuck up in the respective Villages where they reside, that the Inhabitants may be convinced of the Cruelty of the Corsican Usurper.' The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'.
[Ref: 33287] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Broadside against Napoleon] "Britons never will be Slaves!!!" / An Address To every Loyal Briton on the threatened Invasion of his Country. / When Rome's proud Legions fought the Albion Shore,/ To give insatiate Pow'r one Trophy more,/ The hardy Britons scorn'd to basely fly,/ Determined to repel the Foe, or die [...] W.T. Fitzgerald
[c.1803] London: Printed for J. Asperne, (Successor to Mr. Sewell,) at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill, by T. Maiden, Sherbourn-Lane;1 Price One Penny, or 6s the 100.
Letterpress, sheet 370 x 250mm (14½ x 9¾"). On laid paper watermarked 1802.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height, recounting British bravery in the face of invasion from the Romans and the Spanish Armada as evidence that any French invasion would inevitably fail. The poem was written by William Thomas Fitzgerald (1759-1829). Fitzgerald specialised in patriotic verses of this kind, and in 1814 published a collected edition of his many verses against Napoleon. A note at the bottom of the sheet suggests 'Noblemen, Magistrates, and Gentlemen, would do well by ordering a few Dozen of the above Tracts of their different Booksellers, and causing them to be stuck up in the respective Villages where they reside, that the Inhabitants may be convinced of the Cruelty of the Corsican Usurper.' The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'.
[Ref: 33281] £350.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] Britons Triumph or Bonapartes Knell / Come, with all thy slaves around thee,/ Bonaparte! haughty foe!/ This little Island shall confound thee,/ And lay thy giant projects low [...]
[c.1803] A. Hamilton Printer 221 Piccadilly
Letterpress, sheet 395 x 250mm (15½ x 9¾"). Creasing upper left; paper watermarked 'Neckinger Mill 1800'
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. This ballad lists Napoleon's triumphs and atrocities on the continent and in the Middle East, but insists that any attempted invasion of Britain would be unsuccessful.
[Ref: 33274] £300.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] Countrymen! / The City of Syracuse (in Sicily) had maintained a successfull Contest with the Carthaginians; lulled into Security, however, by an advantageous Peace, she had reduced her Fleets and Armies, and the Carthaginians, who still retained their Envy and Hatred of her, seized the Opportunity to renew the War [...]
[c.1803] London: Printed for J. Hatchard, 190, Piccadilly. Price One Shilling per Dozen. [Hales, Printer, Old Boswell Court, London.
Letterpress, sheet 555 x 450mm (21¾ x 17¼"). Folds and creases; paper tone; on laid paper with fleur-de-lys watermark.
Large broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. It reprints a passage from Act1, Scene 3 of Philip Massinger's play 'The Bondman' (c.1624), a play which concerns the siege of Syracuse by the Carthaginians. The general Timoleon's call to arms is here used to encourage Britons to show similar bravery. The text concludes 'it is needless to mention what followed this animating Debate. A Part of the Enemy fleet was sunk at Sea, those that landed were immediately put to the Sword, and their Commander slain. Published by John Hatchard (1768-1849), who founded the Piccadilly bookseller still thriving over two hundred years on.
[Ref: 33292] £450.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] Address to the People of Great Britain. By W.J. Denison, Esq.
[1803] Printed for J. Asperne (Successor to Mr. Sewell,) at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill; by W. Lane, Leadenhall Street. Price One Penny each, or 6s the 100 / Where may be had, at the same Price, Sheridan's Address to the People. Also a Collection of all the Loyal Papers that have been and will be Published.
Letterpress, sheet 455 x 280mm (18 x 11"). Creasing.
Patriotic poem published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height, by William Joseph Denison (1770-1849), banker and politician, and a founder of the Reform Club. Like several other 'loyal Papers' of the time, it invokes historical precedents such as conflicts with the Romans and Spanish, as well as past and present British military and naval heroes such as Marlborough, Duncan, St. Vincent, and Nelson. A note at the bottom of the sheet suggests 'Noblemen, Magistrates, and Gentlemen, would do well by ordering a few Dozen of the above Tracts of their different Booksellers, and causing them to be stuck up in the respective Villages where they reside, that the Inhabitants may be convinced of the Cruelty of the Corsican Usurper.' The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'.
[Ref: 33288] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

A Second Dialogue between Buonaparte and John Bull / Scene---Calais Buonaparte. How do you do, Monsieur Anglois? / John. What's that to you? / Buon. Nay, John, don't be angry. / John. Angry! I am angry, and I will be angry [...]
[c.1803] London: Printed for J. Hatchard, No. 190, Piccadilly. Price Sixpence per Dozen. [Hales, Printer, Old Boswell Court, London.
Rare letterpress with large margins, and 18th century watermark; sheet 555 x 445mm (21¾ x 17½"). Folds and creases.
Large broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height, in the form of a dialogue between Napoleon and John Bull (representing Britain). Napoleon is calm and complacent about his achievements, where John Bull angrily disputes these as a sacrifice of 6000 men (the Battle of Lodi); a massacre (the Battle of Alexandria), and poisoning the French army's injured soldiers. The 'scene' is Calais, a common point for channel crossings previously depicted in Hogarth's similarly anti-Gallican 'The Calais Gate'. Published by John Hatchard (1768-1849), who founded the Piccadilly bookseller still thriving over two hundred years on.
[Ref: 66445] £450.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] A Peep into Hanover; or, A faint Description of the Atrocities committed by the French in that City. [...]
Britannicus.
[1803] Printed for J. Ginger, No. 169, Piccadilly / Price Sixpence per Dozen, for Distribution. / W. Marchant, Printer, 3, Greville-Street, Holborn.
Letterpress, sheet 435 x 280mm (17 x 11"). Creasing to edges; hole upper right.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. This one reports attrocities committed in Hanover by Napoleon's army, 'such are the Gangs of ferocious Banditti, whom the Murderer of Jaffa let loose on the civilized World! Such, and ten thousand times worse, is the Fate prepared for England, if the valour of her people do not avert it'.
[Ref: 33272] £390.00

Invasion. Scene II of a Play. Enter John Bull, Sandy of Scotland, Taffy of Wales, and Patrick of Ireland.
Printed for J. Stockdale, 181, Piccadilly S. Gosnell, Printed, Little Queen Street, Holborn.
London, 1803.
Letterpress. Sheet 425 x 270mm (16¾ x 10¾"). Left, right and lower edges are folded. Slight horizontal fold across centre with small tears at either side, edges some creasing.
A broadside satirising the reactions of Great Britain to the threat of a French invasion, illustrated by characters representing Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England. The dialogue between the four characters is accompanied by a woodcut engraving by John Lee depicting four men in their respective national dress dancing in a circle. Published at a time when tensions were rising between Britain and France as Napoleon was amassing power and influence in Europe while undermining Britain. Great Britain declared war on France out of a 'mixture of economic motives and national neuroses'.
[Ref: 53949] £320.00

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