Grosvenor Prints

[Broadside against Napoleon] Address to Irishmen Residing in England. / Fellow Countrymen, The Calamaties which have so lately threatened your native Country, by a few of your Bretheren being misled by the artful Designs of French Spies [...] suffer no the poisonous Language of the Enemies of their Country, however high in Rank, or the vain Promises of the designing Spies of a Corsican Usurper and Murderer [...]
An Irishman, and a Soldier. Craven Hotel, Strand, August 8, 1803.
John Ginger, No. 169, Piccadilly / W Glindon, Printer, 48, Rupert Street, Hay-Market
Letterpress, sheet 435 x 280mm (17 x 11"). Creasing and folds in each corner. Small tears along left and right margins.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. This one is specifically addressed to Irishmen resident in England, imploring them to 'be foremost on the Shores of your Island, in repelling a Barbarous and Ferocious Enemy, and save your Wives and Children from their Savage Lust and murderous Hands'. Mention of 'the patriotic Language of a Sheridan (that Ornament of his Country)' refers to Richard Brinsley Sheridan's (1751-1816) strong support of the volunteer corps in the face of Napoleon's imperial expansion. Includes a list of other 'patriotic publications' sold by John Ginger on Piccadilly, including 'Horrors upon Horrors' and 'Publicolia Addresses'.
For Ginger's 'Publicolia Addresses' see refs. 10044 and 27538; for Sheridan see ref. 17993.
[Ref: 53945] £320.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] The Bishop of Llandaff's Thoughts on the French Invasion, originally addressed to the Clergy of his Diocese.
[c.1803] Printed for J. Asperne, (Successor to Mr. Sewell,) at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill, by S Rousseau, Wood Street, Spa Fields; Price One Penny, 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 390 x 255mm (15¼ x 10"). Crease top right.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height, extracted from 'A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, in June, 1798, by R. Watson, D.D. F.R.S. Bishop of Llandaff'. Watson's thoughts are addressed to any sympathisers with the French cause: 'I would say to the most violent Democrat in the kingdom,- Suppose the business done: after Seas of Blood have been shed, Millions of Lives lost, Towns plundered, Villages, burned, the Royal Family exterminated, and unutterable calamity has been endured by persons of all ranks:- after all this has been done, what Advantages will you have obtained beyond what you now possess [?]'. 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: 33286] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Broadside against Napoleon] Loyal Songs. / The Voice of the British Isles [&] The True Briton.
[c.1803] London: Printed for J. Asperne, [Successor to the late Mr. Sewell], at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill, by W. Lane. [Price One Penny, Ninepence per Dozen, or Six Shillings per Hundred.]
Letterpress, sheet 410 x 265mm (16 x 10½").
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height, consisting of two songs adapted to popular tunes, proclaiming British readiness for any invasion. The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'.
[Ref: 33277] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Broadside against Napoleon] No. 2 Loyal Songs. / The Briton's Song [&] Song of the Highland Armed Association.
London: Printed for J. Asperne, [Successor to the late Mr. Sewell], at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill, by S. Rousseau. Price One Penny, or 6s the 100. August 12, 1803
Letterpress, sheet 385 x 270mm (15¼ x 10½"), with 1803 watermark.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height, consisting of two songs adapted to popular tunes, proclaiming British readiness for any invasion. 'The Briton's Song' contrasts Revolutionary France with British rule: 'Our Forefathers bled on the Scaffold and Plain/ T'establish a Government wise, just and pure;/ We'll defend it till Death, and reject with disdain/ One that scarce for a Day or an Hour can endure./ Shall your fam'd Guillotine. In Old England be seen?/ No!- we mean to live happy, while frantic you sing/ Your fam'd 'Ca Ira',/ And Hymn 'Marsellois',/ For the true Briton's Song shall be "God save the King." The 'Song of the Highland Armed Association' is specifically Scottish in its theme and references. 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: 33278] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Broadside against Napoleon] Proclamation, Made to every Man in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, this First Day of August, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three, and in the Forty-fourth Year of the Reign of our especially dear Son King George The Third [...]
[1803] London: Printed for J. Asperne, Successor to Mr. Sewell, at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill, by J. and E. Hodson. [Price 1d. each, or 6s. the 100] / Where may also had, A Collection of all the Loyal Papers that have been and will be Published.
Letterpress, sheet 310 x 195mm (12¼ x 7¾"). On laid paper watermarked 'C Badd 1799'
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height, stating the risk posed by Napoleon, the 'Murder, Rapine, Slavery and Death, in Cruel and horrible Wantonness' he has committed, and the duty of the British to assist in the defence of their country. The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'.
[Ref: 33285] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Prophecy! or, Bonaparte Killed at Last by his Own Troops! A True Story, just brought from Paris [...] This Story is founded on a Dream of Bonaparte [...] The Dream is here given in Verse. [...]
[1803] Printed for J. Hatchard, 190, Piccadilly. 1d. each; 6d. per dozen; or, 3s. 6d. per 100. [Brettell, Printer]
Letterpress, sheet 425 x 315mm (16¼ x 12½"). Creasing on left.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. This ballad prophesises Napoleon's death in the wake of an unsuccessful invasion of Britain. As in other broadsides of the period, Napoleon's alleged killing of his own injured soldiers at Jaffa is invoked as evidence of his treachery. In the aftermath, the new rule of France is imagined: 'no more Consuls, Frenchmen shout,/ But King Louis make your Head. / With Moreau, Minister of State,/ Not made Ambition's Fool,/ But choosing a much safer Fate,/ Than over France to rule'. Victor Moreau was forced into exile in the United States by his opposition to Napoleon. The final verses defend Britain's monarchy (with a reference to the revolutionary, Thomas Paine) and the high taxes during the war as a temporary measure necessary to combat Napoleon. Published by John Hatchard (1768-1849), who founded the Piccadilly bookseller still thriving over two hundred years on.
For a contemporary portrait of Moreau, see ref. 28221.
[Ref: 33275] £350.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] Twenty Thousand Pounds Reward / Middlesex (to wit) / To all Constables [...] / Whereas a certain ill-disposed Vagrant, and common Disturber, commonly called or known by the Name of Napoleon Bonaparte, alias Jaffa Bonaparte, alias Opium Bonaparte [...]
[c.1803] London: Printed for S. Highley, No. 24, Fleet-Street; by B. McMillan, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden (price 1d. or 9d. per dozen). Where may be had Bonaparte; or, The Freebooter; a Patriotic Drama, price One Shilling.
Letterpress, sheet 415 x 260mm (16¼ x 10¼"). Some creasing and small tear on right.
One of many popular broadsides published at the time when fears of an invasion of Britain by Napoleon were at their height. This one offers a reward for the capture of Napoleon, with the aim being to imprison him at the Exeter Change menagerie in the Strand, 'placed in a Certain Iron Cage, with the Ouran Outang, or some other ferocious and voracious animal like himself, for the purpose of being tamed'. To facilitate identification of the French leader, a description of his appearance is provided ('...resembles a great deal in person a Bear-leader, or one of the Savoyards who play on the reeds at Vauxhall') while the stream of 'aliases' given for him (Jaffa Bonaparte, Acre Bonaparte etc) refer to earlier actions in the Napoleonic Wars. According to Ashton, this broadside was 'printed with different headings, so as to sell in different countries'.
John Ashton, 'English caricature and satire on Napoleon I'
[Ref: 55836] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Broadside against Napoleon] Sheridan's Address to the People. Our King! our Country! And our God!
[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 355 x 210mm (14 x 8¼"). Fold in both top and bottom right corners.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Irish playwright and politician, wrote 'Pizarro', a play adapted from August von Kotzebue's 'Die Spanien in Peru', which premiered in 1799. Sheridan's play addressed both fears of French invasion and supported the revolutionary aims of the United Irishmen. This 'address to the people' is an amalgamation of several speeches from 'Pizarro', contrasting French and British principles as incompatible. The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'. Many of his other broadsides published at this time mention that Sheridan's Address can be purchased from him, demonstrating its great popularity.
For 'Pizarro', see refs. 11533 and 17165; for Sheridan see ref. 17993.
[Ref: 53943] £320.00

Sheridan's Address to the People. Our King! our Country! And our God!
[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 340 x 210mm (13½ x 8¼").
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Irish playwright and politician, wrote 'Pizarro', a play adapted from August von Kotzebue's 'Die Spanien in Peru', which premiered in 1799. Sheridan's play addressed both fears of French invasion and supported the revolutionary aims of the United Irishmen. This 'address to the people' is an amalgamation of several speeches from 'Pizarro', contrasting French and British principles as incompatible. The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'. Many of his other broadsides published at this time mention that Sheridan's Address can be purchased from him, demonstrating its great popularity.
For 'Pizarro', see refs. 11533 and 17165; for Sheridan see ref. 17993.
[Ref: 55835] £320.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] Song, to the Tune of Mother Casey. / The French, tis said,/ Are thieves by trade,/ And well they fill the function;/ For where they go,/ Both friend and foe,/ They rob without compunction [...]
[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 340 x 210mm (13½ x 8¼").
Songsheet published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. The song encourages strong British resistance, referencing French actions in Switzerland and Holland and their supposed plans 'to land their troops at Dover'. Napoleon is compared to Robespierre. Napoleon, it says, is praised now as Robespierre once was, but if Napoleon were to be executed, 'With general voice,/ Would France rejoice,/ And set the bells a-ringing'. 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: 33279] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Buonaparte and Talleyrand. It is well known that Monsieur Talleyrand always objected to the Invasion of England, as a mad Attempt, that must end in the Destruction of the Invaders. Having been favoured with a Note of a Conversation between him and the Chief Consul on this Subject, I have attempted, for the Entertainment of my Countrymen, to put it into Rhyme. A.S.
[c.1803] Printed for J. Hatchard, Piccadilly, Price 6d. per dozen, by J.Brettell, Great Windmill Street.
Letterpress, sheet. 440 x 260mm (17 x 10¼"). Creasing across the sheet.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height. This imagined dialogue presents the diplomat Talleyrand as opposing a planned invasion by Napoleon, who foresees that 'In a night or a fog we will silent steal over,/ And surprize unexpected, the Castle of Dover'. Talleyrand negotiated a short-lived peace in Europe, but was unable to prevent the renewal of hostilities in 1803. With his influence diminishing, and Napoleon's ambition seemingly insatiable, Talleyrand resigned from his role as grand chamberlain in 1807. Published by John Hatchard (1768-1849), who founded the Piccadilly bookseller still thriving over two hundred years on.
For a contemporary portrait of Talleyrand, see ref. 28220
[Ref: 53944] £300.00

[Broadside against Napoleon] Union and Watchfulness, Britain's True and Only Security. / A few words to every British Subject inculcating this very important idea.
[c.1803] London: Printed for J. Asperne, (Successor to Mr. Sewell,) at the Bible, Crown, and Constitution, No. 32, Cornhill, Price One Penny, or Six Shillings per Hundred; and may be had of the Booksellers, at the West-End of the Town, &c. &c. Page, Printer, Black Friars Road.
Letterpress, sheet 385 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼"). On laid paper watermarked 1801.
Broadside published at the time when fears of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleon were at their height, imploring all Britons to take up arms to defend the country, if required. 'To suffer or to die in such a cause, is our first duty, and our highest honour'. The publisher James Asperne (1757-1820) was best-known for publishing the popular 'European Magazine'.
[Ref: 33283] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Concordat signé avec le Légat du Pape.
Champion del. Lith: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 595mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins.
The Concordat of 1801, the agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801. It solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30785] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon escaping from either Elba or Saint Helena, with titlepage to 'Vie secrète de Napoléon Bonaparte']
[Anon., 1817]
Engraving, sheet 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"), with separate title page.
Hyperbolic, propagandising and partly allegorical depiction of Napoleon escaping, published while Napoleon was exiled on Saint Helena in a volume about his life. Offered with title page from the book.
[Ref: 44489] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[The Fall of Napoleon.]
[Painted by G. Wallis. Engraved by G. Zobel.]
[London, Published Jane 18th 1837, by J. McCormick, 147, Strand.]
Scarce & eare mezzotint. Sheet 320 x 265mm (12½ x 10½"). Trimmed within image, very damage, laid on old paper.
A scene outside the 'Waterloo Tavern' in 'Wellington Street'. A soldier and black figure smile at each other as the soldier trips up an Italian boy carrying on his head a board on which is balanced a statue of Napoleon that is about to crash to the ground. A church can be seen in the background to the right, and posters on the wall of the tavern to the left advertising a gala, 'Anniversary of the Glorious Battle of Waterloo' at Vauxhall Gardens, and a performance of 'The Fall of Napoleon', or 'The Unfortunate Italian' at the Theatre Royal, in celebration of the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo.
The original painting is in the Wolverhampton Art Gallery (OP486).
[Ref: 55754] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Introduction de l'Ambassadeur de la Porte otomane.
Norblin del. Lith.de C: Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"). Repaired tear into title area.
The Franco-Iranian Alliance formed for a short period between Napoleon I and Fath Ali Shah against Russia and Great Britain between 1807 and 1809. The alliance was part of a grand Napoleonic scheme to cross the Middle East in order to attack British India. The alliance came to an end when France eventually allied with Russian and turned its focus to European campaigns. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30833] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Réceptión des présens de la Cour de Russie.
Vathier et Courtin del: Litho: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph, very large margins. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"). Tears into lower edges.
Napoleon receiving presents from the Court of Russia. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30822] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Riding a Cockerel.]
Stdr. v. A. Kneisel. L.N.
[n.d., c.1859]
Lithograph. Sheet: 315 x 380mm (12½ x 15'') very large margins.
A satirical print showing the reduced figure of Napoleon III riding on a cockerel while a river god raises his oar to strike him, on the hill a figure carrying a shield with an eagle on it. Perhaps a satire on the Second Italian War of Independence fought in 1859 between the French Empire under Napoleon III and the Kingdom of Sardinia against Habsburg Tuscany and the Austrian Empire.
[Ref: 48557] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon in Spain.
Courtray del. A.H. Payne sc.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Steel engraving, sheet 290 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾"). Tipped into album sheet.
Napoleon peers into the distance on a rock in Spain with a telescope. Next to him a native of the country points and appears to show him the way.
[Ref: 55841] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Memoirs of Buonaparte, His Imperial Family, Great Officers of State, and Great Military Officers.
London: Printed and Published by G.Smeeton, 17, St Martin's Lane, Charing Cross. Price Sixpence. [n.d., c.1814.]
Rare broadsheet, with engraved portrait 130 x 90mm, 5 x 3½", set in letterpress with printed border, sheet 425 x 275mm, 16¾ x 10¾". Some creasing and significant loss to lower right corner.
A scurrilous attack on Napoleon Bonaparte, probably published in the last days of the campaign that led to his abdication in 1814. (The last date in the text is 1813.) Apparently Napoleon's mother was a brothel keeper and at sixteen he poisoned a girl he had made pregnant. The portrait, after one by Johann Michael Voltz is a 'hieroglyphic': 'The French Eagle, crouching, forms his hat: the red collar represents the River Rhine, and the black border above it, the Rhinish Confederacy; the letters on the fingers are the initials of Austria Russia, Sweden and Prussia; and the Cuff of the Sleeve emblematic of Great Britain, by whose influence and power the Allies are bound together; the R. signifying the Regent The visage is formed of carcases of the unhappy victims to his cruel ambition; the spider is a symbolic emblem of the rancour and venon of Buonepart's heart; and the web illustrative of the flimsy tenure by which he at present holds his kingdom". His bust forms a map of Germany highlighting the battles fought there.
[Ref: 55852] £280.00

Napoleon
[After Johann Michael Voltz]
Hand coloured etching, sheet 305 x 225mm (12 x 8¾"). Cut and glued onto backing sheet, cutting the top of his hat.
A satirical bust length portrait of Napoleon based on a head engraved by Lehmann after a portrait by Dahling. 'The French Eagle, crouching, forms his hat: the red collar represents the River Rhine, and the black border above it, the Rhinish Confederacy; the letters on the fingers are the initials of Austria Russia, Sweden and Prussia; and the Cuff of the Sleeve emblematic of Great Britain, by whose influence and power the Allies are bound together; the R. signifying the Regent The visage is formed of carcases of the unhappy victims to his cruel ambition; the spider is a symbolic emblem of the rancour and venon of Buonepart's heart; and the web illustrative of the flimsy tenure by which he at present holds his kingdom". His bust forms a map of Germany highlighting the battles fought there.
[Ref: 55853] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Marriage of Napoleon] Mariage 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: 40366] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[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)

Napoleon Musing at S.t Helena. from the original picture in the possession of T. Kearsey Esq. to whom this Print is respectfully dedicated by his grateful Friend, B.R. Haydon.
B.R. Haydon, Pinx. J.E. Coombs, Sculp.
London, Published Aug.t 30, 1830, by B.R. Haydon, 4, Burwood Place, Connaught Terrace.
Mezzotint. 320 x 265mm (12½x 10½"). Small margins.
A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte standing on a clifftop, looking out on a featureless sea. Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) painted the original for Thomas Kearsey in 1829, but its success meant that he was asked for more copies, including for Robert Peel and the dukes of Devonshire & Sutherland, driving him to complain about the number in his diaries.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67187] £320.00

Napoleon Receiving the Sword of General Mack, on the Capitulation of Ulm.
Engraved by Mr. George Cruikshank, from the Original design of Swebach, Published at Paris.
Published Dec. 29. 1824, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 210 x 280mm. 8¼ x 11". Folds as published. Very cut at right.
The surrender of Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich (1752-1828), the Austrian soldier who capitulated to Napoleon's Grande Armee in the Battle of Ulm in 1805. From "The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte".
Cohn: 435.
[Ref: 26480] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Réception par l'Institut.
Chamption del. Litho. de C. Motte rue des marais.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins. Small tear into lower edge.
A reception for the reopening of the Académie Francaise. It was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu and suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution. It was restored in 1803 by Napoleon. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30832] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

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

Napoleon. (Retraite de Russie.) Ne a Ajaccio, le 15 Aout 1769. mort a S.te Helene, le 5 Mai 1821.
V. Adam del. Lith de Lemercier.
a Paris, chez Rittner et Goupil b.ard Montmartre No.12. London published by Ch. Tilt, 86, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph, sheet 535 x 365mm (21 x 14½"), with publisher's blind stamp. Repaired tear.
Portrait of Napoleon on horseback retreating from Russia with the Grande Armée before they separated on 5 December 1812.
[Ref: 55933] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The life of Napoleon.]
[British, n.d., c.1825.]
Waxy scrap sheet with 14 lithographic images and 12 text labels. Sheet 430 x 315mm (17 x 12½").
A large portrait of Napoleon surrounded by scenes from his life, using famous images like Jacques-Louis David's portrait of Napoleon Crossing the Alps on Marengo, probably all cut from a single sheet.
[Ref: 36003] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

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)

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)

[Napoleon in St. Helena]
[n.d., c.1828.]
Coloured lithograph. 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Napoleon Bonaparte in uniform relaxing against a rock. He holds a book in his left hand while the other is in his signature pose. His hat and gloves rest next to him.
[Ref: 55928] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The exact Representation of the Celebrated Standard presented by the Emperor Napoleon to His Guards at Elba a short Time before he invaded France in 1815. This splendid Standard is composed of the richest try coloured Silk, and the whole of the Ornaments are most elaborately Embroidered [...]
Drawn by G. Gwilt Jun.r
London Published by H. Cureton 81 Aldersgate St. Aug.t 1823
Etching, scarce, 1822 Whatman watermark, platemark approx. 440 x 330mm (17¼ x 13"), with large margins.
Etching by George Gwilt, the younger (1775-1856), architect best known for his restoration of Southwark Cathedral and his work on the Wren church of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside. Gwilt was also a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries who contributed to various publications on the subject.
[Ref: 44792] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Capture of French trophies during the Battle of Waterloo] Among the Trophies of the memorable 18th of June the Standard of the 45th and 105th Reg.ts form no inconsiderable feature [...]
J Atkinson del.t. R Ackermann's Lithography [n.d., c.1815]
Lithograph, printed area 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 12").
Print made to commemorate the famous capture of two French standards (those of the 45eme and 105eme de la ligne) during the Seventh Coalition's victory in the Battle of Waterloo. It is not known who captured the eagle of the 45eme (the text here only noting it was taken by Scotch Greys), but Corporal F. Stiles was credited with the capture of the 105eme eagle, as recorded here. Stiles was the only officer rewarded for the capture by being made a sergeant and later given and ensigncy, although competing accounts credit another officer, Captain Alexander Clark, with the capture. The eagle standard of the 105eme is now in the collection of the National Army Museum, London. By John Augustus Atkinson (1775 - 1830), painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He spent 1784-1801 in Russia and subsequently made many prints during the Napoleonic Wars. Following the Battle of Waterloo Atkinson actually visited the battlefield as research for a large painting of the battle (exhibited 1817). The duke of Wellington was one of Atkinson's patrons.
[Ref: 37537] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[The Statue of Napoleon on the Vendôme Column.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼").
The second statue of Napoleon to top the Vendôme Column, him depicting him in a tricorn hat, boots and a redingote (riding coat), as erected by Louis-Philippe I (reigned 1830-46) The column, based on Trajan's Column in Rome, was completed in 1810 with a statue of Napoleon as a Roman emperor, which was melted down after the Bourbon restoration. A third, classical statue was installed by Louis-Napoléon when first President of France (1846-52), which was destroyed when the Paris Commune pulled the whole column down in 1871. Three years later the column was rebuilt with a copy of the original statue.
[Ref: 55820] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Northumberland & Myrmidon Conveying Napoleon to the Island of St. Helena, Oct.r 15, 1815.
T.H. Shepherd, del
Engraving, sheet 70 x 130mm (2¾ x 5"). Rare.
British ships transporting Napoleon to the island of St Helena, where he was taken after surrendering to Captain Frederick Maitland in 1815, and remained until his death in 1821.
[Ref: 41285] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Traité de Bayonne.
Demais del.t Lith: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins.
On 5 May 1808, Carlos IV of Spain abdicated his rights to the throne of the Spains and Indies in favour of Napoleon I in accordance with the Treaty of Bayonne which he signed that very day. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30827] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet. is quite the going Print in Paris, and in it may be traced the Portraits of Napole[on] Buonaparte, his Empress Maria Louisa, and his Son.
Lowe.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Scarce coloured etching with letterpress title. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, affecting lettering at bottom.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" by his soldiers on his return from Elba in the Spring, during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace.
See Ref: 58951
[Ref: 58681] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet.
Published by J. & E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J. Wallis, Jun.r Marine Library Sidmouth [n.d., c.1815].
Coloured stipple with engraving. 205 x 155mm (8 x 6¼"). With rare 'Explanation' tipped on album sheet. Laid on album paper. Tears outside image top left and in margin bottom right.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" for promising his soldiers he would return from Elba during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace.
See Ref: 58681
[Ref: 58951] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet. [&] ['Explanation' for the 'Corporal Violet' Napoleon Puzzle Print]
[Published by J. & E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J. Wallis, Jun.r Marine Library Sidmouth.] [n.d., c.1815].
Coloured stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"), with partial watermark '181'. [&] Stipple with engraving. Sheet 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3"). Trimmed to printed border. [&] Very trimmed, losing title 'Explanation' at top, glued to backing sheet.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" for promising his soldiers he would return from Elba during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace. The solution to the famous 'puzzle' portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), hidden in a bouquet of violets.
See Ref: 58681.
[Ref: 60825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violette. This Print, which appears to consist simply of that beautiful Flower, the Violet, contains correct Profiles of the Emporer Napoleon, Maria Louisa, and the Young King of Rome; the first under the green Leaf on the right --- the second opposite, under the second Violet -- and the third one, on the right of the centrical Stems, near the lower Violet.
Radcliffe Sc.
213 Piccadilly. [n.d., c.1810].
Hand coloured engraving with two sections of letterpress text. Sheet size: 265 x 280mm (10½ x 11"). Cut and glued to scrap sheet.
An impression of an uncommon 'puzzle' portrait showing the concealed the profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" by his soldiers after having to return from Elba during Springtime. Explanatory letterpress above and below image.
[Ref: 33242] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon visitant l'atélier de David.
Norblin del. Litho. de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with large margins.
Napoleon and Josephine visiting the studio of David. There was great fanfare when David announced the completion of his picture. The royal couple, accompanied by a large entourage from the court, made a special visit to the artist's studio to see the work on 4 January 1808. It was an official display of royal patronage with music and a cavalry escort for the parade of carriages. Pleased with David's work and overwhelmed by the realism of the enormous canvas, Napoleon exclaimed, "What truth! This is not a painting, I can walk in it!" Surrounded by his court and all those assembled, the emperor continued: "Well done, David, very well done! You have correctly guessed my own intention in representing me as a French knight [chevalier français]. I am grateful to you for having given future generations proof of my affection for the woman with whom I share the burdens of government." Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30816] £320.00

Napoleon's Bivouac on the Night Preceding the Memorable Battle of Austerlitz.
Engraved by Mr George Cruikshank from the original French Print, published at Paris.
Published May 1, 1824 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"). Folded twice as issued, small split, small tear in title, album paper stuck over left edge.
An adaptation of Adolphe Roehn's painting of Napoleon asleep in a chair, surrounded by his officers, however showing him in full uniform rather than bare-headed and in an overcoat. Also the next day;s battle was Wagram (1805) not Austerlitz (1809). From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 53356] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleon's Divorce] Die Scheidung Napoleons.
Lith v. Orell Füssli & Comp.e.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph. Sheet 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾").
Napoleon stands by a door with a candle, about to leave Josephine slumped in the arms of an aide.
[Ref: 55760] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Bonaparte's Monkey. The above is a faithful portrait of a monkey belonging to Bonaparte during his residence at Longwood House, St. Helena. After Bonaparte’s death it was purchased by Captain Thompson, of the Abundance, and given by him, on his return to Spithead, to Mr. Stephen Taylor, the artist, then residing at Winchester. The monkey was very mischievous, and upon one occasion, made his way into a dressing closet, broke a glass, opened the dressing case, and was viewing himself in the looking glass, when discovered by Mr. Taylor, who made a sketch at the time, from which he afterwards painted a fine picture, and from which this print is taken. The monkey died after being in Mr. Taylor’s possession two years, and was buried in his garden at Winchester.
[Painted by M.r S. Taylor. Lith. by M.rs Hamilton.]
[Published Feb.y 18. by W. Soffe, 388 Strand, Corner of Southampton Street.] [c.1830.]
Scarce coloured lithograph. Image 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"), with original title and text pasted underneath. Trimmed to image, losing inscriptions and publication line, pasted on album paper with other scraps. Two Pin holes bottom of image.
A monkey seated on a dressing table, looking at itself in a mirror, a smashed glass to one side. Stephen Taylor, a British painter, was active 1817-1849, he specialized in dogs, portraits, and dead game. The shop, W. Soffe sold animal prints and other popular images.
Princeton Graphic Arts Collection GA 2005.00490. Last in our stock 2007.
[Ref: 62437] £490.00

Chart Illustrative of the Campaigns of the Wars of the French Revolution. In Germany, Poland, Russia & France, from 1803 ro 1813.
Published by Edw.d Baines Leeds March 4th 1816.
Engraved map. 240 x 400mm (9½ x 15¾"). Repaired, nicks to edges, central fold as normal.
A map of Northern Europe, marking the route of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, 1812. From Baines' 'History of the Wars of the French Revolution'.
[Ref: 37620] £140.00

Palamide Napoli di Romania.
Drawn by Capt. Frankland. Engraved by J. Clark.
Pub: by H. Colburn, London, 1829.
Coloured aquatint. 132 x 216mm. 5¼ x 8½". Some water staining.
A view of the Palamide, Napoli di Romania, which was the capital of the Morea during the Venetian rule. The town of Nafplio, the seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece. The Venetians retook Nafplio in 1685 and strengthened the city by building the castle of Palamidi, which was the last major construction of the Venetian empire overseas. It was however defended by few soldiers and was easily retaken by the Ottomans in 1715.
[Ref: 25649] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[French victory over the Saracens in the Battle of Narbonne, 731] Bataille de Narbonne, ou les Sarrazins furent vaincus par les François, l'an 731. page 34
[Anon., c.1750]
Engraving with letterpress, sheet 205 x 235mm (8 x 9¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet. Stamp of bibliothèque Talhouet, du cabinet de la Lambardais lower right.
After the French town of Narbonne was captured by Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, governor of Al-Andalus in 719/720 it was later regained by the Franks as shown here.
[Ref: 38550] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Narcisse. P.3.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching, pt 18th century watermark. 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"), with large margins. Slightly foxed, crease on bottom margin.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing narcissism, with a man reflecting himself in a pool of water.
[Ref: 59315] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Narcissus.
W.W. Ryland Del. et Sc.
published Jan:y 1775 at No 159 in the Strand.
Stipple, printed in reddish-brown. Sheet 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Head and shoulders portrait of a young man in a robe.
[Ref: 54718] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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