File:Destruction of the French Gun-Boats (NAPOLEON 145).jpeg
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[edit]James Gillray: English: Destruction of the French Gun-Boats ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q520806 |
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English: Destruction of the French Gun-Boats |
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English: or Little Boney & his Friend Talley in high Glee 1803 was a year of alarm and terror for England. It was widely believed that Napoleon planned to invade England, and didn't care how many men he lost. He was reputed to have said: "I can afford 10,000 men a day." The drawing shows this callous disregard for his troops at the same time it belittles Napoleon's capacity to successfully invade England. Napoleon sits on the shoulders of Talleyrand (an influential French diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs), peering through a rolled-up document. The document is Talleyrand's plan for the invasion, clearly a disaster from its inception since the French gunboats are outclassed by the British fleet. (Talleyrand was never a general.)
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1803 date QS:P571,+1803-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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English: Etching, hand colored ; on sheet 18 x 22 cm. |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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Place of creation | London | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Caption on Image : Destruction of the French Gun Boats or Little Boney & his Friend Talley in high Glee Dialogue and Signage : [Napoleon] O my dear Talley, what a glorious sight! We’ve worked up Johnny Bull into a fine passion—my good Fortune never leaves me! __ I shall now get rid of a hundred Thousand French CutThroats whom I was so afraid of! – O my dear Talley, this beats the Egyptian Poisoning hollow! Bravo Johnny! – pepper ‘em, Johnny ! [Scroll in Napoleon’s hand] TALLEYRAND’S plan for INVADING Great Britain [Number at top of image] No. XVII |
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English: Napoleonic Period Collection |
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Publisher InfoField | Humphrey, Hannah 1774-1817 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital ID Number InfoField | NAP014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
UW Reference Number InfoField | E17 |
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