Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Apotheosis of the Corsican Phoenix.
Call Number
D West 50/GC108/Box 05/Normal/Titles A GA 2006.01373
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xd07gs773
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1808/08/02.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1808
Extent
1 item ; print 33.4 x 24.6 cm. plate 35.3 x 25.7 cm. sheet 35.9 x 33.4 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego, pp. 357-358
BM 11007
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Aquatints, Hand coloring
Inscribed in plate: "He builds a Nest upon the Mountains, and setting // it on Fire by the wafting of his own Wings - he perishes Himself in the Flames!, Vide The New Spanish Encyclopedia Edit. 1808".
Provenance: Stamped on verso, "Princeton University // Library // Presented by // Dickson Q. Brown '95".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Js Gillray inv & fect.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Napoleon I Emperor of the French 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons
Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
Apotheosis—Caricatures and cartoons
France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f4d9284a-df98-44ed-84c9-4fca4b4f64fb/manifest