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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.329
People
James Gillray, British (1757 - 1815)
Published by John Miller, British
Published by W. Blackwood
Title
Democratic Glory [left]; Democratic Consolations [right]
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Democracy; or A Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1825
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356960

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 22 × 28.7 cm (8 11/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
sheet: 24.2 × 34.7 cm (9 1/2 × 13 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below images, lower left: Gilleray del 1825
  • inscription: in plate, upper left, above "Democratic Glory": Pl 5
  • inscription: in plate, below left image: DEMOCRATIC GLORY. / Buonaparte as Grand Consul of France receiving the adulations of / Jacobin Sycophants & Parasites
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: London. Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh.
  • inscription: in plate, upper center, above "Democratic Consolation": 6
  • inscription: in plate, below right image: DEMOCRATIC CONSOLATIONS. / Buonaparte on his Couch sourrounded by the Ghosts of the Murder'd--the dangers / which threaten his Usurpation and all the Horrors of Final Retribution
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 122
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: dup / MMA [illegible text]
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: B.M. 9534 (8) A (copy) B.M. 9534 (7) A copy

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jsrael Ber Neumann, Berlin, Munich, and New York, by descent; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, 1961, by descent; to Peter G. Neumann, their son, Palo Alto, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BM Satires 9534

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.329
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2022 - 04/25/2022

Verification Level

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