Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2Grego, Joseph
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Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2
Grego, Joseph
English wit and humor, Pictorial; Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
_March 2, 1814._ _Head Runner of Runaways from Leipzig Fair._ Published
by R. Ackermann, Strand.--The Emperor Napoleon, dressed in the simple
and familiar habit by which his figure is best recognised, the little
cocked hat, the green coat, buttoned across the chest, the white
waistcoat and breeches, is tearing his hardest towards 'Maynz' and
the Rhine; a frightened hare, suggestive of the Imperial courage,
is scampering before him and marking the way. The 'little Corporal'
carries, instead of a walking-stick, the effigy of the great Emperor
of Germany, _Carolus Magnus_, at the head of a pole. On his back is a
pack, from which the various collections he had previously gathered are
suffered to escape: Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Rheinland, Hanstat
Département, Poland; paper prints of soldiers, _Alte Garde_ and _Junge
Garde_--are blowing away and being left behind in the flight.
_March 12, 1814._ _The Devil's Darling._ Published by R.
Ackermann.--The Dark Fiend in person, drawn on a tremendous scale, with
his claws, horns, hoofs, tail, and terror-striking accessories, is
seated on his sulphurous floor, cradling and dandling his pet progeny,
'_Little Boney_;' the figure of the Corsican is wrapped up like a
mummy in swaddling-clothes, bound round with tricolor ribands; the
face is alone exposed; and his Infernal Majesty is contemplating the
calm, thoughtful, wax mask-like countenance of his reputed vicegerent
on earth with earnest attention; his own features are wearing an
expression which is at least threatening; the Legion of Honour,
instituted by the Emperor, is held out by the apocryphal fiend as a
bauble to tempt the spoiled child in his lap.
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