Gillray Caricature "allied Powers, Un-booting Egalite" Rare 2nd Edition
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Allied Powers, Un-Booting Egalitè.
Bonaparte (much caricatured), standing precariously on a 'Dutch Cheese', is attacked by the allies. Austria and Russia pull from his thin leg a large clumsy boot, consisting of a map of 'Italy'; coins (French plunder) pour from the boot, on which 'Naples', 'Rome', 'Florence', and other geographical divisions are indicated. Austria is a fierce hussar, smoking a pipe, on his cap is the Habsburg eagle; he tugs at the boot, the Russian bear (on the extreme left) assists him, its paws clasping his waist. A ferocious Turk holds Bonaparte by the nose and raises a scimitar whose blade, inscribed 'St Jean d'Acre', drips blood; across his shoulders are strung bleeding ears and noses to which Bonaparte's is to be added. A sailor (right), representing the British Navy, seizes Bonaparte from behind; in his hat are ribbons inscribed 'Nelson', 'Duncan', 'Bridport'. A fat Dutchman on the extreme right, with the blunt profile of the Prince of Orange, tugs at the cheese in order to dislodge Bonaparte; he kneels on a paper, 'Secret Expedition'. Bonaparte's uniform is ragged, his left foot is bare, but in each hand is a blood-stained dagger. In the background (right) tiny figures (probably Dutch) dance hand-in-hand round a bonfire in which burns a 'Tree of Liberty', a bonnet-rouge on a pole, 1 September 1799 Hand-coloured etching This is from the Rare 2nd Edition by Thomas McLean on heavy ragpaper from original plates printed 1830 ** CONDITION ISSUE no margin to base **. This edition although rarest is on the best rag paper but the first is on fine laid so often vulnerable
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AB-186725
W: 37cm (14.6")H: 26cm (10.2")
18th Century, 19th Century, Georgian (1714 to 1837)
Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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