BM12106-plump-to-the-devil-1813-0526
identifier:
BM12106-plump-to-the-devil-1813-0526
title:
Plump to the Devil We Boldly Kick'd Both Nap and his Partner Joe
date:
November 30, 1813
description:
A fat Dutchman with left leg raised high kicks Napoleon into the air, towards a large exulting Devil crouching before the flames of Hell. Napoleon's bicorne is falling to the ground, his sword flies up, attached to the belt. The Devil grasps Napoleon by the left ankle. He is a naked satyr with hairy legs, barbed tail, fierce talon. The Dutchman holds a goblet above his head, in his left hand is a long tobacco-pipe. He wears the usual bulky breeches with short jacket, and has a big (orange) cockade in his high-crowned hat. In the background a second Dutchman lunges forward with a pitchfork pressed against the posterior of Joseph, who runs screaming towards the flames, his crown on the ground behind him. This occurs at a seashore with three ships at anchor. Source: George.
description:
British Museum #12106
format:
25 cm x 35 cm
type:
Paper
type:
Etching, hand-colored
coverage:
London, England
relation:
LUCA2017.47 1813
subject:
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples and Spain
subject:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
subject:
Satire
subject:
Great Britain
creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas
relation:
Michalak Collection
source:
Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections