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The Modern Hannibal, alias the King of Rome, Swearing Eternal Enmity to England

Print
1814 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured etching of a satirical scene depicting a caricature of a Napoleonic figure in front of a burning plinth, with a skull and various human organs on the pyre, swearing enmity to England who is represented as a baby before a carriage with a small toilet-like seat and an eagle motif, which is pulled along by two monkeys and flanked by two grotesque women. A crowd of unhappy faces look on from the background. Lettered with text in speech bubbles and the title, artist's name and publisher's details.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Modern Hannibal, alias the King of Rome, Swearing Eternal Enmity to England (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Brief description
Hand-coloured etching of a satirical scene by George Cruikshank entitled 'The Modern Hannibal, alias the King of Rome, Swearing Eternal Enmity to England'. Great Britain, 1814.
Physical description
Hand-coloured etching of a satirical scene depicting a caricature of a Napoleonic figure in front of a burning plinth, with a skull and various human organs on the pyre, swearing enmity to England who is represented as a baby before a carriage with a small toilet-like seat and an eagle motif, which is pulled along by two monkeys and flanked by two grotesque women. A crowd of unhappy faces look on from the background. Lettered with text in speech bubbles and the title, artist's name and publisher's details.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.4cm
  • Width: 35cm
Dimensions taken from Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
  • The Modern Hannibal, alias the King of Rome, Swearing Eternal Enmity to England
  • 288 (Numbered in top right hand corner)
  • Pubd Jany 16th 1814 by T. Tegg/111, Cheapside, London,/G. Cruikshank fect
Credit line
Given by Mrs Elizabeth Cruikshank
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Other number
288 - Creator's reference no.
Collection
Accession number
9459D

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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