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. 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
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. 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