The progress of the Emperor Napoleon [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [not before 19 November 1808]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Artist questionably identified as Woodward in the British Museum catalogue.
Later state; former plate number "63" has been removed from upper left corner and a new number etched in upper right, and date has been removed from imprint statement leaving a gap between "Pubd." and "Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside."
Plate numbered "295" in upper right corner.
Companion print to: The progress of the Empress Josephine.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4.
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 101-2. - Abstract:
- "A sequence of eight Napoleons arranged in two rows. [1] As' A Ragged Headed Corsican Peasant', he is a shock-headed boy registering tense determination, his hand plunged deep in the pockets of a tattered coat. [2] A youth in civilian dress sits at a small table intently studying the plan of a fort: 'Studying mischief at the royal Military Academy at Paris'. [3] Dressed in officer's uniform but without a sword, he bows, hat in hand:' An humble Ensign in a Republican Corps - requesting a situation in the British Army'. [4] He stands agressivelv hand on hip, r. arm extended, wearing a plumed bicorne and long sabre: 'A determined Atheistical Republican General - ordering his men to fire on the Parisians Vollies of grape shot'. [5] He stands in Turkish dress, bowing with a furtive sideways glance; he wears a plumed turban and fur-trimmed robe: 'A Turk at Grand Cairo'. [6] He runs hurriedly in profile to the left., wearing his cocked hat, but no sword: 'A Runaway from Egypt'. [7] As 'A Devout Catholic', he stands in uniform, without hat or sword, head bowed and hands crossed on his breast. [8] In the last scene he sits enthroned, with the inscription: 'An Emperor on a Throne of iniquities - O Tempora O Mores'. He wears a crown and long robe. The back of his throne is inscribed 'Murderer. Duke D'Enghem [sic], Prisoners at Jaffa, Palm, Captn Williams, Pichegreu, Calon, Toussaint &c &c, Robberies innumerable [commas have been inserted]'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state.
- Topics:
- Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership.
Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1808.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1808. - 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.4
Folio 75 W87 807 v.4 - Orbis Record:
- 12895713
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr11059
- Citation:
- Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Novr. 19, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 11053 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
- OID:
- 16192467
- PID:
- digcoll:4046341
