English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 1 (of 2)Ashton, John
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English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 1 (of 2)
Ashton, John
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Caricatures and cartoons
HARLEQUIN BUTCHER, BY MR. BUONAPARTE
FROM CORSICA.
(Who Murdered that Character in _Egypt_, _Italy_, _Switzerland_,
_Holland_, &c.)
THE OTHER PARTS BY
MESSRS. SIEYES, LE BRUN, TALLEYRAND, MARET, ANGEREAU, MASSENA, AND THE
REST OF THE GANG.
In the Course of the Piece will be introduced a Distant View of
_Harlequin’s Flat-Bottomed Boats_
WARMLY ENGAGED BY THE
WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND.
_THE REPULSE._
OR, BRITONS TRIUMPHANT.
The Parts of John Bull, Paddy Whack, Sawney Mac Snaish, and
Shone-ap-Morgan, by Messrs. NELSON, MOIRA, ST. VINCENT, GARDNER,
HUTCHINSON, WARREN, PELLEW, S. SMITH, &c. &c. &c.
The Chorus of ‘_Hearts of Oak_,’ by the JOLLY TARS and ARMY of OLD
ENGLAND,
Assisted by a Numerous Company of Provincial Performers, Who have
VOLUNTEERED their Services on this Occasion.
The Overture to consist of ‘Britons Strike Home’--‘Stand to your
Guns’--‘Rule Britannia’ and
GOD SAVE THE KING.
The Dresses will be splendid; the Band numerous and compleat. The whole
to conclude with a GRAND ILLUMINATION, and a TRANSPARENCY displaying
BRITANNIA receiving the Homage of GALLIC SLAVES.
⁂ No Room for Lobby Loungers. _Vivant Rex et Regina._
According to the caricaturist, Hanover had no special attractions for
Bonaparte. ‘Boney in possession of the Millstone’ (Ansell, July 5,
1803) shews him as having a fearfully large and weighty millstone hung
round his neck, called Hanover. He totters under the weight, and calls
out that ‘It’s cursed heavy! I wish it had been Malta!’ John Bull,
dressed as a countryman, jeers him: ‘What! thee hast got it, hast thee?
The Devil do thee good with it--Old Measter Chatham used to say it was
a Millstone about my neck--so perhaps I may feel more lightsome without
it.’
‘Flags of Truth and Lies’ (artist unknown, July 10, 1803) is a
representation of a typical Frenchman and Englishman, as then imagined.
The Frenchman holds a tricoloured flag, and intimates that ‘Mon grande
Maître bid-a you read dat, Monsieur!’ and points to the following text
on the flag: ‘Citizen first Consul Buonaparte presents Compliments and
Thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Great Britain, who have honored
him with their visits at Paris, and intends himself the pleasure of
returning it in person, as soon as his arrangements for that purpose
can be completed.’ John Bull replies, ‘And let your Grand Master read
that, Mounseer,’ and points to his flag, the Union Jack, on which is
written ‘John Bull does not rightly understand the Chief Consul’s
lingo--but supposes he means something about Invasion; therefore the
said John Bull deems it necessary to observe that if his Consular
Highness dares to invade any Ladies or Gentlemen on his coast, he’ll be
damn’d if he don’t sink him.’
THE DEVIL AND THE CONSUL.
_A New Song._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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