A Delicate Finish to a Corsican Usurper.
Print
1814 (made)
1814 (made)
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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
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Title | A 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. |
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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 |
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Accession number | E.1232-1990 |
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Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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