BM12114-funking-the-corsican-1813-0537
identifier:
BM12114-funking-the-corsican-1813-0537
title:
Funcking the Corsican
date:
December 16, 1813
description:
Napoleon, surrounded by the Powers of Europe who puff smoke at him, dances, frantic with rage and fear, upon the head of a large cask of 'Real Hollands Geneva'. The cask-head tilts under his feet, the contents splash out, and he is on the point of disappearing inside it. The most prominent smoker, nearest the cask on the left, is a fat Dutchman in bulky breeches, with a big orange cockade in his small hat. He sits on a small barrel inscribed 'Dutch Herrings' and 'Crimp Cod' and leans forward and to the right, puffing upwards a cloud of smoke. In his left hand he holds up his long pipe, his right is on the handle of a jug. Beside him are cheese, three closely coiled twists of tobacco, and a jug of 'Dutch Drops'. Almost equally prominent is an obese John Bull, a 'cit' holding a pipe and a frothing tankard of 'Brown Stout', who stands close to the cask in profile to the left, looking up with amused satisfaction, a cloud of smoke rising from his mouth. Next him and on the right, a Prussian hussar sits on a cannon, holding a pipe with a long curved stem, and turning a grotesque profile toward Napoleon. Behind John Bull is a figure wearing a helmet, puffing steadily. Above them and near the upper margin are four heads: one very close to Napoleon, emerging from cloud, is perhaps a Saxon. A man wearing a high fur-bordered cap is probably a Russian, and a profile smoking a pipe with an ornate bowl may be Swedish. The man on the extreme right smoking a German pipe may represent Bavaria. On the left, standing behind the Dutchman, is the bulky King of Württemberg in antique dress, with a long flowered and gold-laced waistcoat. He holds a bottle of 'Wirtemberg Drops', and smokes a large curved German pipe. Above him are the heads of two men, an Austrian and a Spanish don, probably the Emperor of Austria and Ferdinand of Spain. Napoleon stands among clouds of smoke, which also form a background to the heads. Source: George.
description:
British Museum #12114
format:
26 cm x 35 cm
type:
Paper
type:
Etching, hand-colored
coverage:
London, England
relation:
LUCA2017.47 1813
subject:
Ferdinand VII, King of Spain
subject:
Frederick I, King of Württemberg
subject:
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
subject:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
subject:
William I, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxemburg
subject:
Napoleonic Wars
subject:
John Bull
subject:
Satire
subject:
Great Britain
creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas
relation:
Michalak Collection
source:
Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections