File:Peter Schlemihl, at the coronation (BM 1868,0808.9392).jpg
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[edit]Peter Schlemihl, at the coronation
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Print made by: Robert Seymour (?)
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Peter Schlemihl, at the coronation |
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English: Below the title: 'Popularity may be but a Shadow, but then its not pleasant to be shadowless'. The Duke of Cumberland stands in the Abbey, in magnificent coronation robes, wearing the George and holding a baton. He scowls downwards and to the right. He has no shadow, and this three persons standing by him have noticed with consternation; a little page bends forward, looking at the Duke's feet; below him is the inscription 'Lost Or Stolen A Gentleman's Shadow'. Behind is Brougham in back view, wearing his Chancellor's robes, wig, and a coronet; his shadow, burlesquing his profile, falls on one of the temporary partitions in the Abbey. The vacant throne, heralds, and the occupants of a gallery are sketched in the background. Sep 19 1831
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| Depicted people | Associated with: Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1831 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1868,0808.9392 |
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(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954) Peter Schlemihl, in the tale of this name by Chamisso, sold his shadow to the Devil. Cumberland was the most hated man in England, cf. No. 16034. For the Coronation see No. 16778, &c. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-9392 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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