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A Delicate Finish to a Corsican Usurper.

Print
1814 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

General Description: A Delicate Finish to a Corsican Usurper. (Altered state of BM:S.12227). Caricature of the defeat of Napoleon, showing him seated on a throne made of skulls and bones, attended by his conquerors. The figure of Time hangs above Napoleon's head about to cover him with an extinquisher. In the distance is a man ploughing. British Lettered with title, inscribed with verses, captions and J.N. del Publd. April 23 1814 by J. Asperne 32 Cornhill. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Delicate Finish to a Corsican Usurper.
Materials and techniques
Etching and stipple engraving coloured by hand
Brief description
'A Delicate Finish to a Corsican Usurper', etching, Thomas Rowlandson, 1814
Physical description
General Description: A Delicate Finish to a Corsican Usurper. (Altered state of BM:S.12227). Caricature of the defeat of Napoleon, showing him seated on a throne made of skulls and bones, attended by his conquerors. The figure of Time hangs above Napoleon's head about to cover him with an extinquisher. In the distance is a man ploughing. British Lettered with title, inscribed with verses, captions and J.N. del Publd. April 23 1814 by J. Asperne 32 Cornhill. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 24.7cm
  • Cut to width: 34.7cm
Cut to 24.7 x 34.7 cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson
Object history
Notes: Originally published as A Delicate Finish to a French Usurper (BM:S.12227) on 20th April 1814. Other alterations are the captioning of the goblet in this print to Bluchers Waters of Oblivion and the substitution of Leipsic for Florence, in the names of places lying at Napoleon's feet.
Bibliographic reference
BM:S.= British Museum: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. London, 1870-1954
Collection
Accession number
E.1232-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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