Details

Subject(s)

• Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century [Browse]
• Caricature [Browse]
• Sansculottes—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• France—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Monsters—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]

Notes

• Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
• Medium: Etchings, Aquatints
• Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Sans-culotte brings Napoleon bad news; startled Napoleon jumps, dangling infant on his lap above gaping mouth of a monster.
• Unsigned.

Source acquisition

Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.

References

British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 11722

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