Tirania [graphic].

Copyright Date:

pubd. Novr. 1818.

Physical Description:

1 print : etching ; plate mark 23.3 x 32.9 cm, on sheet 28.0 x 40.8 cm

Related Links:

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/digcoll/5234118

Notes:

A close copy, with same imprint but with other inscriptions translated into Spanish, of a print by George Cruikshank entitled "The curse of Spain". Cf. No. 13009 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.
Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 1303.
Cf. Reid, G.W. A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 868.
Six lines of text below image: En tanto que los bravos españoles, Derramaban su sangre por Fernando, El á Napoleon felicitaba, Por las victorias que en el suelo hispano, Sus sanguinárias huestes conseguian-- Ved las hazañas de este Monstruo infando. La Ferdinanda. Lib. 1. v. 129.
Title from text in image.

Abstract:

Ferdinand VII, seated on a throne on a low platform inscribed "TIRANIA", is flanked by two advisers, the Devil on the left and a friar on the right. At the friar's feet, in the foreground, a demon burns newspapers with a firebrand. Tortures of the Inquisition are seen in the background.

Variant Titles:

The curse of Spain.

Topics:

Axes.
Crowns.
Demons.
Devil.
Fools' caps.
Gallows.
Monks.
Newspapers.
Nooses.
Podiums.
Punishment & torture.
Scepters.

Topics:

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist.
Ferdinand--VII,--King of Spain,--1784-1833--Caricatures and cartoons.
Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821.

Language:

English
Spanish; Castilian

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1818.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1818.
Watermarks (Paper)--J. Whatman--1818.--CtY-LW

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at https://walpole.library.yale.edu/research/rights-and-reproductions

Call Number:

818.11.00.01+

Orbis Record:

14960311

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr41613

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9, no. 13009B

OID:

17324505

PID:

digcoll:5234118