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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Boney Turned Moralist. 1 - 1 May 1814
Hand-coloured etching | 28.1 x 39.0 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810932
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A hand-coloured print of Napoleon's life in three stages. In the first (What I Was-A Cruel Tyrant), he stands triumphant wearing a crown and holding a sceptre and orb whilst crowns from the defeated heads of Europe lie at his feet. In the second (What I am-A Snivelling Wretch) he sits sobbing on the Isle of Elba. In the final design (What I ought to be-Hung for a Fool) he is suspended from a gibbet wearing a pair of ass's ears. Inscribed in the plate: Rowlandson del / Pub[lishe]d May 1st 1814 by R Ackermann No 101 Strand
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Hand-coloured etching
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28.1 x 39.0 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
26.1 x 36.5 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 12252Bibliographic 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 12252
