File:Russians teaching Boney to Dance. (BM 1868,0808.12716).jpg
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[edit]Russians teaching Boney to Dance. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: George Cruikshank
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Title |
Russians teaching Boney to Dance. |
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Description |
English: One of a set, see No. 11995. Napoleon capers wildly, arms outstretched, left leg raised high, head turned in profile to the right, to face a peasant who flourishes a whip and points to the Emperor's right foot. A second peasant (left) seated on a stone plays the flute with great vigour, leaning forward, his bare feet stretched out. Napoleon's mouth is wide, as if shrieking, his large bicorne falls off, he wears big gauntlet gloves, a sash, no weapons, and spurred cavalry boots. The peasants are in summer costume, with broad-brimmed hats; both wear belted tunics, one (left) has striped trousers, the other short full breeches with stockings and shoes. The scene is a small plateau backed by a broad winding river and mountains, with a fir tree. The words of the peasant with the ship are etched in Russian and English above the design; [Text in Russian] 'If you trespass on our grounds; you must dance to our tunes.—' For the enforced dance cf. Nos. 12565, 12570, 12579, 12603. Cf. the contrasted situation in No. 10075
Hand-coloured etching. |
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Depicted people | Representation of: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1813 date QS:P571,+1813-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
Height: 250 millimetres
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.12716 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', IX, 1949) Terebenef's etching (coloured, c. 8 x 10 1/4 in.) is in the Print Room, much altered by Cruikshank. Napoleon is a portrait, not a merely comic figure, and wears the dress familiar from many pictures and engravings: his petit chapeau (a little larger than life) falls off, the short boots are tasselled Hessians. Instead of capering frantically, he dances grimly, right arm raised, snapping his fingers, left hand on his hip, right knee bent, left leg thrust forward and resting on the heel. He turns a resentful profile towards the peasant on the right who stands closer to him, with a gesture and expression which are quieter and more convincing than in No. 12046. The flute-player sits impassively, resting his elbows on his knees. There is no landscape background. (Reproduced, Broadley, ii. 175; Klingender, p. 31.) A German copy with Russian and German inscriptions is reproduced, Schulze, p. 3. An Italian adaptation is 'Il Ballerino più ricco', see under No. 12188. There is also a German print (in B.M.) endorsed 'The Dancing Master' in which a Cossack with a whip faces Napoleon, forcing him to imitate his steps as he drives him backwards. He says "Immer zurück!" Napoleon: "Ich kann bald nicht weiter!" Cruikshank's drawing in pen and pencil, in reverse, signed, is in the Print Room, 1891,1117.4 (Binyon, i. 284 (4), Pressmark 199.c.1/4.) Reid, No. 237. Cohn, No. 1941. Broadley, i. 323, ii. 171 n., 172. Reproduced (colour), Klingender, p. 30; Rosner, 'Writing on the Wall', 1943. See under De Vinck, No. 9361. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-12716 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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