Democracy, or, A sketch of the life of Buonaparte [graphic] / Jas. Gillray invt.
- Copyright Date:
- [1807?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 21.9 x 28.2 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below images.
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
CtY-LW
Two designs arranged horizontally on one plate, with a single collective below; each design is individually titled, has an explanatory caption below the title, and has a double border surrounding the image and text.
Caption for leftmost design entitled "Democratic innocence": The young Buonaparte & his wretched relatives, in their native poverty, while free booters in the island of Corsica.
Caption for rightmost design entitled "Democratic humility": Buonaparte when a boy recieved [sic] thro the Kings bounty into the Ecole Militaire at Paris.
A copy of a print by Gillray of the same title that was published 12 May 1800. Cf. No. 9534 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
"Pl. 1" etched above left design, outside double border; "Pl. 2" etched above right design, outside double border.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Democratic innocence -- Democratic humility. - Variant Titles:
- Sketch of the life of Buonaparte
Democratic innocence.
Democratic humilty. - Topics:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership.
Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1807.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1807. - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Call Number:
- 75
W87
807 v.1
Folio 75 W87 807 v.1 - Orbis Record:
- 12846743
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr10764
- OID:
- 16192407
- PID:
- digcoll:4046281
