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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
The affectionate farewell, or kick for kick. 17 - 17 Apr 1814
Hand-coloured etching | 25.5 x 36.5 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810927
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A hand-coloured print of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand offering to 'crack the crown' of Napoleon as he raises his right foot to Napoleon to kick him. In his hand he holds a piece of paper on which is written the 'Abdication or Last dying speech of a murderer'. Napoleon stoops pathetically as he holds his cockaded hat in his right hand. Behind him stands a gibbet marked 'To the Isle of Elba'. Wounded French soldiers together with a single British Tar advance towards Napoleon with the intention of beating him. Inscribed in the plate: Pubd 17 April 1814 by R Ackermann No 101 Strand
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Hand-coloured etching
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25.5 x 36.5 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
24.8 x 34.6 cm (plate mark) (platemark)
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BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. – BM Satires 12226Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 12226
