English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 2 (of 2)Ashton, John
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English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 2 (of 2)
Ashton, John
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Caricatures and cartoons
NAPOLEON the FIRST and LAST, by the wrath of Heaven Emperor
of the Jacobins, Protector of the Confederation of Rogues,
Mediator of the Hellish League, Grand Cross of the Legion of
Horror, Commander in Chief of the Legions of Skeletons left
at Moscow, Smolensk, Leipzig, &c. Head Runner of Runaways,
Mock High-Priest of the Sanhedrim, Mock Prophet of Mussulmen,
Mock Pillar of the Christian Faith, Inventor of the Syrian
Method of disposing of his own sick by sleeping Draughts, or
of captured enemies by the Bayonet; First Grave Digger for
burying alive; Chief Gaoler of the Holy Father and of the King
of Spain, Destroyer of Crowns, and Manufacturer of Counts,
Dukes, Princes, and Kings; Chief Douanier of the Continental
System, Head Butcher of the Parisian, and Toulouese, Massacres,
Murderer of Hofer, Palm, Wright, nay of his own Prince, the
noble and virtuous Duke of Enghien, and of a thousand others;
Kidnapper of Ambassadors, High Admiral of the Invasion Praams,
Cup Bearer of the Jaffa Poison, Arch Chancellor of Waste paper
Treaties, Arch Treasurer of the Plunder of the World, the
sanguinary Coxcomb, Assassin, and Incendiary ... to MAKE PEACE
WITH!!!
This Hieroglyphic Portrait of the DESTROYER is faithfully
copied from a German Print, with the Parody of his assumed
Titles. The Hat of the Destroyer represents a discomfited
French Eagle, maimed and crouching, after his Conflict with the
Eagles of the North. His _visage_ is composed of the Carcases
of the Victims of his Folly and Ambition, who perished on the
plains of Russia and Saxony. His throat is encircled with the
_Red Sea_, in allusion to his Drowned Hosts. His Epaulette
is a _Hand_, leading the Rhenish Confederation, under the
flimsy Symbol of a _Cobweb_. The _Spider_ is an Emblem of the
Vigilance of the Allies, who have inflicted on that Hand a
deadly Sting!
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