WILLIAMS (Charles) engraver. & WOODWARD (George Moutard) designer,

National Opinions on Bononaparte [sic].

"LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR--VIVE LA LIBERTÉ!!"

Etching with colouring by hand (236 x 345mm). A good impression with excellent colour; neatly window-mounted into a sheet of laid paper. London: Thomas Tegg, 20th April, 1808.

£1,400.00
WILLIAMS (Charles) engraver. & WOODWARD (George Moutard) designer,
National Opinions on Bononaparte [sic].

There are examples in the British Museum, Bodley, Yale and Harvard and New York Historical.

Fifteen figures in two rows, each representing a different country, give their opinions on Napoleon.

This very fine satire shows a chained French man exclaiming “Long live the Emperor.. Vive la Liberté!!” while an America man comments, “Verily the Spirit doth not move me to shake hands.” John Bull, the final figure, states, “I laugh at him, and defy him, but still I don’t much like him.” The other countries include Egypt, Russia, China, Turkey and “Asia.

Stock No.
264700
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