Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The debilitated situation of a monarchal [sic] government when puffed up by pride and self-importance ...
Call Number
A Middle 31/Drawer 12/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists P-Z GA 2023.00117
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcxs55mr33c
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1836]
Language
English
Date Created
1836
Extent
1 print : lithograph ; 44.2 x 51.2 cm
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1: Gift of Bruce C. Willsie, Princeton class of 1986; 2022.
References
Weitenkampf, p. 42
Reilly, 1836-2
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
At left is a shore on which King Louis Philippe stands with several of his men and an overturned chest from which issue statements of the country's debts. Moored off the shore is the boat Dido with two other boats. The text below reads: "The debilitated situation of a monarchal Government when puffed up by pride and self-importance, whose resources must be wrung from the people's hands. The difficulties to which such a State must ever be exposed." The scene is contrasted with one on the opposite shore where Andrew Jackson and other American officers stand near a chest full of money. Near the chest is a book open to a list of American victories. In the distance three ships are moored: the "Constitution," "New Orleans" and an unnamed vessel. Below reads: "The flourishing condition of a well-formed industrious Republic. The willingness displayed by the citizen of a free State to serve his country with his blood and fortune."
The lower margin shows a medallion that is the head of Liberty surrounded by stars. Below the medallion are eight lines from Lord Byron's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," (XCVI) praising American liberty and questioning Europe's prospects for freedom.

Discovery Information

Subject
Louis Philippe King of the French 1773-1850—Caricatures and cartoons
Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845—Caricatures and cartoons
Fieschi, Joseph 1790-1836—Caricatures and cartoons
United States Commissioners Under the Act to Carry into Effect the Late Treaty with France
Constitution (Frigate)—Caricatures and cartoons
New Orleans (Ship)—Caricatures and cartoons
Dido (Ship)—Caricatures and cartoons
United States—Foreign relations—France
France—Foreign relations—United States
Caricatures and cartoons—United States
lithographs
Satires (Visual works)—1830-1840
Lithographs

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a33cb36f-3efe-471d-b885-4d815952bc0f/manifest