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Napoleon. The First, and Last, by the Wrath of Heaven Emperor of the Jacobins, Protector of the Confederation of Rogues...
[after Johann Michael Voltz.]
Published at R. Ackerman. 101 Strand, London Harrison & Leigh, Printers, 373, Strand. [n.d., 1814].
Coloured etching and letterpress. Sheet 445 x 275mm. (17½ x 10¾"). Laid on album paper. Cockled.
A satirical portrait of Napoleon, with explanatory letterpress underneath. The spider's web is surrounded by a map with Napoleon's battles around the Elbe & Rhine. Napoleon's hat is portrayed as an eagle, with his face made of the corpses of those 'who perished on the Plains of Russia and Saxony'. Napoleon's jacket is a map of the environs of Leipzig, with other battles in the campaign indicated. Also on the jacket, the epaulette is shown as a hand, leading the 'Rhenish Confederation', shown as a cobweb. 'His throat is encircled with the Red Sea', symbolizing those who drowned in the battles led by Napoleon.
BM Satires 12202, under "Napoleon" is an Ackerman publication line, slightly different version to BM 12202.
[Ref: 63812] £550.00
[after Johann Michael Voltz.]
Published at R. Ackerman. 101 Strand, London Harrison & Leigh, Printers, 373, Strand. [n.d., 1814].
Coloured etching and letterpress. Sheet 445 x 275mm. (17½ x 10¾"). Laid on album paper. Cockled.
A satirical portrait of Napoleon, with explanatory letterpress underneath. The spider's web is surrounded by a map with Napoleon's battles around the Elbe & Rhine. Napoleon's hat is portrayed as an eagle, with his face made of the corpses of those 'who perished on the Plains of Russia and Saxony'. Napoleon's jacket is a map of the environs of Leipzig, with other battles in the campaign indicated. Also on the jacket, the epaulette is shown as a hand, leading the 'Rhenish Confederation', shown as a cobweb. 'His throat is encircled with the Red Sea', symbolizing those who drowned in the battles led by Napoleon.
BM Satires 12202, under "Napoleon" is an Ackerman publication line, slightly different version to BM 12202.
[Ref: 63812] £550.00