Royal amusement or: nature will prevail!!, George Murgatroyd Woodward, 1807

Caricature of napoleon i. (british political cartoon); a countryman and his wife in their kitchen; the wife is reading in a newspaper about napoleon's creation of kings (including his brothers as kings of naples, holland and westphalia). The husband imagines what he would do if made a king: swing on a gate and eat fat bacon all the day long. A broadside is tacked over the fireplace. On the table is a full jug of ale.;krumbhaar 1024. Date erased from plate; date assigned by bmc. Publisher's number: 130. Date: 1807. Place of creation: London (England): Thomas Tegg. Dimensions: 253 x 363 (sheet); 219 x 321 (image and text) mm; etching. Collection: Bodleian Library. Bodleian Libraries, Royal amusement or- nature will prevail