Lot 134
Gillray (James) Tiddy-doll, the great French-Gingerbread-Baker; drawing out a new Batch of Kings, 1806.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Gillray (James) Tiddy-doll, the great French-Gingerbread-Baker; drawing out a new Batch of Kings, etching with original hand-colouring on Whatman wove paper with partial watermark date '1808', platemark 258 x 380 mm (10 1/8 x 15 in), sheet 320 x 470 mm (12 1/2 x 18 1/2 in), good margins, some toning, minor spotting, unframed, published by Hannah Humphrey, unframed, 1806
Literature:
BM Satires 10581
⁂ Satire on Napoleonic imperialism after The Battle of Austerlitz, following which Austria renounced all further rights over Bavaria, Würtemberg, and Baden, whose princes were vassal-allies of France. Napoleon is depicted as a London street seller of gingerbread cakes, with all Sovereigns and countries humiliated by him having been swept into the 'Ash-Hole'.
Description
Gillray (James) Tiddy-doll, the great French-Gingerbread-Baker; drawing out a new Batch of Kings, etching with original hand-colouring on Whatman wove paper with partial watermark date '1808', platemark 258 x 380 mm (10 1/8 x 15 in), sheet 320 x 470 mm (12 1/2 x 18 1/2 in), good margins, some toning, minor spotting, unframed, published by Hannah Humphrey, unframed, 1806
Literature:
BM Satires 10581
⁂ Satire on Napoleonic imperialism after The Battle of Austerlitz, following which Austria renounced all further rights over Bavaria, Würtemberg, and Baden, whose princes were vassal-allies of France. Napoleon is depicted as a London street seller of gingerbread cakes, with all Sovereigns and countries humiliated by him having been swept into the 'Ash-Hole'.
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