print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 2001,0520.31
Title: Object: Buonaparte establishing French Quarters in Italy
Description: Satire: the Pope kissing Napoleon's bare backside, William Pitt the Younger waiting in line and Charles James Fox and Richard Brinsley Sheridan cheering. 9 November 1797 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: Richard Newton; Published by: Richard Newton
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Production date: 1797
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 241 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 349 millimetres (trimmed)
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Curator's comments: No attempt was made to depict either the Pope or Napoleon realistically, although portraits of both would have been available to Newton. The composition echoes that of Dent's "Ratification of the Convention" (BM Satires 7687).
Bibliographic references: Alexander 1998 / Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s (271); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2015 Feb-Aug, BM, Rm 90, Bonaparte and the British
Subjects: satire; catholicism
Associated names: Representation of: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (Napoleon); Representation of: Pope Pius VI; Representation of: Charles James Fox; Representation of: William Pitt the Younger; Representation of: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Acquisition date: 2001
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2001,0520.31
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