File:Bodleian Libraries, The Corsican tiger at bay.jpg
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Thomas Rowlandson: The Corsican tiger at bay!! ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q318584 [artist] |
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Title |
The Corsican tiger at bay!! |
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Description |
Satire on the Peninsular war. (British political cartoon); Napoleon, with the body of a tiger, is attacked by greyhounds representing the patriotic insurrection in Madrid, May 1808. John Bull, atop the cliffs of Dover, takes aim at Napoleon with his gun. Russia and Austria in chains, representing the alliance with France, contemplate breaking free, while Holland thinks, 'It will be my turn to have a slap at him next'.; Not in BMC. An issue of Curzon b.4(179) with captions in Spanish set in letterpress in the margins. |
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Date |
8 July 1808 date QS:P571,+1808-07-08T00:00:00Z/11 |
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Dimensions | 264 x 441 (sheet) mm; etching.letterpress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q82133 |
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Accession number |
Curzon b.4(178) |
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Place of creation | London (England): R. Ackermann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Source filename: politi004-act-0001-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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