The Mock Phoenix!!! Or a Vain Attempt to Rise Again

Creator Name

Thomas Rowlandson;
Rudolph Ackermann, London;
Napoléon Bonaparte

Cultural Context

Date

December 10, 1813

Source

About the work

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Title

The Mock Phoenix!!! Or a Vain Attempt to Rise Again

Creator

Thomas Rowlandson, British, London 1757–1827 London, Artist;
Rudolph Ackermann, London, Publisher;
Napoléon Bonaparte, Subject

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Material

Hand-colored etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 9 7/8 × 14 1/8 in. (25.1 × 35.9 cm);
height: 25.1centimetre;
width: 35.9centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

December 10, 1813

Provenance

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Subjects

Satire; Napoleon I; Men; Snakes; Fire; Politics

Topic

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