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Author: John Ashton
Publisher: CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
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Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Author: John Ashton
Publisher: CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
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Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Author: John Ashton
Publisher: CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
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Languages : en
Pages : 191
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This book is not intended to be a History of Napoleon the First, but simply to reproduce the bulk of the Caricatures and Satires published in England on our great enemy, with as much of history as may help to elucidate them. The majority of the caricatures are humorous; others are silly, or spiteful—as will occasionally happen nowadays; and some are too coarse for reproduction—so that a careful selection has had to be made. Gillray and Rowlandson generally signed their names to the work of their hands; but, wherever a caricature occurs unsigned by the artist, I have attributed it, on the authority of the late Edward Hawkins, Esq., some time Keeper of the Prints at the British Museum, to whatever artist he has assigned it. I have personally inspected every engraving herein described, and the description is entirely my own. Should there, by chance, be an occasional discrepancy as to a date, it has been occasioned by the inconceivable contradictions which occur in different histories and newspapers. To cite an instance: in three different books are given three different dates of Napoleon leaving Elba, andvi it was only by the knowledge that it occurred on a Sunday, and by consulting an almanac for the year 1815, that I was able absolutely to determine it. The frontispiece is taken from a very rare print, and gives a novel view of Napoleon to us, who are always accustomed to see him represented in military uniform. That my readers may find some instruction, mingled with the amusement I have provided for them, is the earnest wish of
Author: John Ashton
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040658109
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
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Author: John Ashton
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040658818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Author: John Ashton
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 319
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Author: John Ashton
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ISBN: 9783337553241
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Author: James Silk Buckingham
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Languages : en
Pages : 882
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Author: William Swan Stallybrass (formerly Sonnenschein.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 158
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