London, Humphrey, Hannah, Gillray, James, Allied-Powers, Un-boot-ing Egalité, Cartoon on Napoleon's defeats in 1799, verso - stamped, A caricature of Napoleon Bonaparte is drawn by the four allied parties (Austria, Ottoman Empire, Great Britain and the Netherlands) attacked. Napoleon is held by a British sailor, the Austrian and the Russian bear together try to pull the Italian boot from his foot, the Turk wants to cut off his nose and add it to his collection of severed noses and ears. The Dutchman (with the profile of Prince William V) tries to take away the cheese on which the Frenchman is standing, under his leg is a note with the inscription 'Secret Expedition' referring to the Anglo-Russian invasion of 1799. In the background a group of figures dance around a pole on which a burning Phrygian cap is hanging., print, engraving, cartoon, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 262 mm, width 363 mm, English, 1756-08-13 - 1815-06-01, print maker, printmaker, 1799-09-01 - 1799-09-01, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, hand coloring, Publication (Event), Publication, 1745 - 1818, publisher
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