Caricature of napoleon i. (british political cartoon); napoleon is depicted as a butcher with his shop full of the victims of his wars; continental european nations as well as the dead of jaffa. He makes a menacing gesture with his cleaver towards the english bull, standing solidly on the cliffs of dover, but talleyrand, his bishop's mitre and marshal's hat falling over his ears, holds back the first consul. Date: September 1803. Place of creation: London (England): Hannah Humphrey. Dimensions: 317 x 326 (platemark); 623 x 385 (sheet) mm. Collection: Bodleian Library. Bodleian Libraries, Boney and Talley- The Corsican carcasebutcher's reckoning day
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