File:Represantant d'une grande nation (BM 1868,0808.13705).jpg
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Print made by: J Cooke
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Title |
Represantant d'une grande nation |
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Description |
English: A grotesque monster, nude and hairy, representing the Constitution of the Year III, stands against the trunk of 'L'Arbre de Liberté' (right) with upraised hands. The tree, 'Emblême de l'Arbre de Connoissance', has withered branches in which fantastic serpents are twined. One of these, having a human head and arms, holds out a 'Pomme d'or'; he is in profile to the left, his wig is inscribed 'Politique Rusée d'une Grande Nation'. (Other apples on the tree are 'Subornation', 'Anarchie Universelle', 'Intrigue', 'Corruption'.) He wears clerical bands and is evidently Talleyrand. From his mouth issue the words: "A L'Empereur. \ Si Voire Majesté, se jettant dans nos Bras. - Repousse l'or Anglais, et les Secours des Russes, \ Nous l'en consolerons, en lui jurant Tout Bas; D'ecraser avec lui - le Grand Turc et les Prusses! Au Roi de Prusse. \ Le fils de Notre Ami - de nous auroit il peur? Les Directeurs français ne veulent que Son Bien, \ Un jour, n'en doutez pas - Vous serez Empereur! Oui - Vous serez Cesar! peut-être plus; ou (tout bas) Plus Rien! \ A L'Angleterre. \ Ennemie de la France - implacable Albion! Ton Or sera la Proie, de la Grande Nation. \ A la sublime Porte. \ Nous sommes Musulmans, a Mahomet fidels; Et du Nom de Chretiens, - ennemis éternels! \ Aux Autres Souverains et Peuples de la Terre. \ Nous pensons à vous tous! Chacun aura son Tour! \ Oui! chaque Etat, doit sentir - Le Prix de notre Amour!"
Hand-coloured aquatint and etching, with gold leaf |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1799 date QS:P571,+1799-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.13705 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) The words issuing from Talleyrand's mouth have a prominent and central place in the design, and the attack on the foreign policy of the Republic (after 'Fructidor', cf. BMSat 9031) stands out among the complicated and repetitive invective of the other inscriptions. For the profession of Islamism see BMSat 9253, &c. The design is unlike that of English satires and is probably French. (Supplementary information) The publication details and the right side of this impression have been cut off. See D. Bindman, in F. Carey (ed.) "The Apocalypse and the Shape of Things to Come" (BM, 1999), p.249, cat.20. See Amanda Lahikainen in 'Print Quarterly', XXIX 2012, pp.22-32, who illustrates a complete impression in the Library of Congress, with the publication date.She published a four-page pamphlet that she found attached to this impression, which explains the composition, and gives enough information to identify the pseudonym 'Obadiah Prim' as being Frederick Albert Winsor, a German immigrant born as Friedrich Albrecht Winzer. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-13705 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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