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Boney the Second, or The little babboon created to devour French monkies.
1811
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 51/GC112/Box 02/Normal/Prints/Titles Ba-Br GA 2014.00108
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1811/04/09.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Popes—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- France—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bonaparte, Francois-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832—Caricatures and cartoons
- Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Baboons—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Boney the Second, or The little babboon created to devour French monkies.
- Call Number
- D North 51/GC112/Box 02/Normal/Prints/Titles Ba-Br GA 2014.00108
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/5712mf65z
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1811/04/09.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1811
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 23.2 x 33.8 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Grego II, pp. 203-204
- Broadley no. 104
- Tegg no. 66
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Boneyparte in his general's uniform, is seated before the fire, making caudle - of French blood - for the infant prince. A row of sovereign-crowns, wrested from the wearers, are ranged on the mantelpiece. Napoleon's heir, the miniature of his sire, with the addition of a monkey's tail, is tearing and clawing at his parent, and is held on a cushion placed outside the Imperial cradle, which is inscribed Devil's Darling. Napoleon is haranguing in his usual grandiose style: "Rejoice, ye Frenchmen, the fruits of my labour has produced a little image of myself. I shall, for the love I owe your country, instil in my noble offspring the same principles of lying, thieving, treachery, lethery, murder, and all other foul deeds, for which I am now worshipped and adored!"
- Depiction: The Pope is kneeling by his side, and pronouncing by way of benediction over the infant: "The owl shriek'd at thy birth, an evil sight // The night-crow cry'd, foreboding luckless time // Dogs howl'd, and hideous tempests shook down trees // The raven rock's her on the chimney-top, And chattering pies in dismal discord aung."
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Popes—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- France—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bonaparte, Francois-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832—Caricatures and cartoons
- Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Baboons—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History—19th century—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/456d3f4e-0f22-4188-8f8e-ce842c62e247/manifest