Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Napoleon le grande.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 13/Normal/Prints/Titles Mi-N GA 2014.00389
Identifier
ark:/88435/jd4734568
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1813/12/02.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1813
Extent
1 item ; sheet 38 x 28.5 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, pp. 263-264
Broadley no. 623
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: The head of Napoleon appears as the centre of the constellation, Polar Star, elevated, in this case, like that of a traitor, on a pole, and surrounded by entwined and hissing serpents. Two escutcheons, marked Heart of Tyrant and Vulture with scourges and pronged forks. The pole is elevated on the great globe. In either corner is a French eagle, above the Imperial ensigns are pikes, axes, and standards, "flags manufactured for the Empress" &c. The lustre of the constellation, Napoleon, is likely to suffer an eclipse from the sudden descent of a Dutch comet - a philosophic Hollander, seated astride on a barrel of Hollands Schiedam, the contents of which he is ignominiously discharging over the head of the solitary star of the firmament, etc.
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
Symbolism in art
France—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Europe—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Netherlands—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Constellations—Caricatures and cartoons
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815—Caricatures and cartoons
Comets—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0ad11b7b-f549-440d-b580-a07d81345d0e/manifest