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A rare acquisition to the royal menagerie, A present from Waterloo by Marshalls Wellington & Blucher.
1815
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 52/GC112/Box 15/Normal/Prints/Titles Pl-Ri GA 2014.00439
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1815/07/28.
- 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
- Prisoners—France—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815—Caricatures and cartoons
- Death (Personification)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815—Caricatures and cartoons
- Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819—Caricatures and cartoons
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Belgium—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A rare acquisition to the royal menagerie, A present from Waterloo by Marshalls Wellington & Blucher.
- Call Number
- D North 52/GC112/Box 15/Normal/Prints/Titles Pl-Ri GA 2014.00439
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/bk128k015
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1815/07/28.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1815
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 27.5 x 40.3 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Broadley no. 745
- Not in Grego.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Napoleon swinging in a cage on wheels, drawn by two donkeys. A dead eagle is outstretched on top of the cage. Angry men and women are hitting at and threatening him while in the foreground is a French sailor apparently showing off his prize.
- 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
- Prisoners—France—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815—Caricatures and cartoons
- Death (Personification)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815—Caricatures and cartoons
- Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819—Caricatures and cartoons
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Belgium—History, Military—19th century—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/ce6b69f7-27da-4a06-9e21-8ad2e45789d8/manifest