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The beast as described in the Revelations, chap 13. Resembling Napoleon Buonaparte.
1808
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 51/GC112/Box 02/Normal/Prints/Titles Ba-Br GA 2014.00096
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1808/07/22.
- People
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- Related Name
- Sauley of Farnham, G., active 1806
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Purvis, John Child, 1747-1825—Caricatures and cartoons
- Spain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Monsters in the Bible—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bible. Revelation XIII—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The beast as described in the Revelations, chap 13. Resembling Napoleon Buonaparte.
- Call Number
- D North 51/GC112/Box 02/Normal/Prints/Titles Ba-Br GA 2014.00096
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/zk51vq870
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1808/07/22.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1808
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 23.7 x 32.6 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Broadley no. 46 (gives date as 1803)
- Grego II, p. 95 (gives date as 1808)
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: The Beast, which has sprung from Corsica, is drawn with seven heads. The names of Austria, Naples, Holland, Denmark, Prussia and Russia are on the respective crown. The seventh head, which is of course that of Napoleon, is severed from the trunk, while vomiting forth flames. The distance shows cities on fire, where the beast has wrought destruction. On his body are the figures 666, the total of the numerals found in the name of Napoleon Buonaparte added together, taking a as one, i as ten, t as a hundred, and so on.
- Depiction: Spain is represented as the champion who has had the courage to make a stand against the monster. The patriot has crippled the destroyer. The hero is armed with a sabre of True Spanish Toledo, and is crying, "True patriotism shall thus subdue the monstrous beast, and quell the rage of war." His shield is Catalonia, a mitre, St. Peter's, Rome, is his helmet. Spanish Patriotism has struck the decisive blow from his right arm. Asturias, his sword- belt is Madrid, his legs Cordova, and with his foot, Cadiz, he is strangling a serpent. The fleet of Admiral Purvis is seen on the seas. Hope, with her anchor, is stooping to catch the crowns of France, Spain and Portugal, which have been shaken from the brow of the smitten beast.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "G. S. Farnham 1808".
- Unsigned by Rowlandson.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Purvis, John Child, 1747-1825—Caricatures and cartoons
- Spain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Monsters in the Bible—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bible. Revelation XIII—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ac57bc5a-350c-4d64-9a9d-85a3e15ff550/manifest