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Funcking the Corsican.
1813
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- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1813/12/06.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- John Bull (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Pipe smokers—Europe—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Tobacco—Europe—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Funcking the Corsican.
- Call Number
- D North 52/GC112/Box 08/Normal/Prints/Titles Fo-H GA 2014.00252
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/tb09jd77q
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1813/12/06.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1813
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25 x 35 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Grego II, p. 262
- Broadley no. 378
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: The situation of the Emperor, as pictured by Rowlandson, is becoming critical. He is elevated on a cask of "real Hollands Geneva" on the top of which he is dancing about in exasperation, unable to assist himself, and surrounded by his enemies, who are all putting the great conqueror to his wits end and revenging themselves by smoking out the Corsican. Each of the representatives of the rebellious States and Powers being armed with a pipe, and pouring volumes of the fumes round the person of the tortured general. Spain, Portugal, Hanover. The Cossack, the Pole, Austria, Sweden, Bavaria and Prussia, seated on a cannon, are all assisting. The King of Wurtemburg is provided with a flask of Wurtemburg drops.
- Depiction: John Bull has his foaming jug of "brown stout", while the Dutch Mynheer, seated on a cask of Dutch herrings, with his tobacco-pouch and twists of pigtail, is drawing a flagon of Geneva to drink success to his Serene Highness, sending out a volume of tobacco-fumes, which are completing the irritation of the badgered Corsican, who is kicking off the head of the Hollands cask, into which he will evidently plump head over ears. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "T. Rowlandson delt.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- John Bull (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Pipe smokers—Europe—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Tobacco—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/d87f6fd5-b913-4d9a-af8c-a0aced0e3760/manifest