Grand manœuver! (The) : Or the rogues march to the Island of Elba

Grand manœuver! (The)

Item Information

Title:
Grand manœuver! (The) : Or the rogues march to the Island of Elba
Description:
A devil is to convey Napoleon, who is being treated like a disgraced officer, to Elba, where a gallows awaits him. Talleyrand, the adroit turncoat survivor, looks gloatingly pleased.
Artist:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Publisher:
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846
Name on Item:
G. Cruikshank fec't
Date:
April 13, 1814
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Exiles
Gallows
Crowds
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Places:
Italy > Tuscany (region) > Livorno (province) > Elba, Isola d' (island)
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 25 x 36 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/g158c291x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 111 Cheapside : T. Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Cohn: 1171
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Cohn, Albert M. "George Cruikshank: A catalogue raisonné of the work executed during the years 1806-1877." From the offices of "The Bookman's Journal," 1924, London.
Wardroper, John. "The Caricatures of George Cruikshank." David R. Godine, 1978, Boston.
Identifier:
18_08_000031
Barcode:
36666000212650