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Head runner of runaways, from Leipzig Fair.
1814
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- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1814/03/02.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- 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
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Cowardice—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Animals—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hares—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Head runner of runaways, from Leipzig Fair.
- Call Number
- D North 52/GC112/Box 09/Normal/Prints/Titles H GA 2014.00280
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/1g05fk70f
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1814/03/02.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1814
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 35.5 x 26.2 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Grego II, pp. 276, 278
- Broadley no. 431
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: The Emperor Napoleon, dressed in the simple and familiar habit by which his figure is best recognized, the little cocked hat, the green coat, buttoned across the chest, the white waistcoat and breeches, is tearing his hardest towards "Maynz" and the Rhine. A frightened hare, suggestive of the Imperial courage, is scampering before him and marking the way. The "little corporal" carries, instead of a walking-stick, the effigy of the great Emperor of Germany, Carolus Magnus, at the head of a pole. On his back is a pack, from which the various collections he had previously gathered are suffered to escape: Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Rheinland, Hanstat Department, Poland. Paper prints of soldiers, Alte Garde and Junge Garde are blowing away and being left behind in the flight.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- 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
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Cowardice—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Animals—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hares—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
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/502089f9-00d4-4ffa-9d8a-ca01832f180d/manifest