print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1937,0719.5
Title: Object: Democracy;-or-a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte.
Description: Copies of two of the scenes in BMSat 9543, extracted from 'The Caricatures of Gillray', where they faced p.128. after 1800 Etching.
Producer name: Print made by: James Gillray; Published by: John Miller (in London); Published by: William Blackwood (Edinburgh)
School/style
Production date: 1800 (c.)
Production place: Published in: London (England); Published in: Edinburgh
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 220 millimetres; Width: 285 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) Copies of [1] and [2], as 'Pl. 1' and 'Pl. 2', face p. 128, of [3] and [4], as 'Plate. 3.' [In Print Room] and 'Plate. 4.', [In Print Room] are after p. 164, of [5] and [6], as 'N° 5' and 'N° 6', face p. 160 of 'The Caricatures of Gillray'. (Supplementary information) On this sheet there are two designs, plate 3 and 4, taken from Democracy print. for which see (1851,0901.1030 and 1868,0808.6885)
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French; Associated with: Carlo Buonaparte; Associated with: Letizia Buonaparte; Associated with: Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre; Associated with: Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1937
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1937,0719.5

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