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Boney beating Mack--and Nelson giving him a Whack!! or the British Tars giving Boney his Hearts desire. Ships, Colonies & Commerce

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Title: Boney beating Mack--and Nelson giving him a Whack!! or the British Tars giving Boney his Hearts desire. Ships, Colonies & Commerce
Creator: Isaac Cruikshank, 1764-1811, British, and George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Samuel William Fores, London, publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1805
Publication Information: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
Collection: Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: The character Little Boney, a miniaturized Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), first appears in James Gillray's 1803 print, "John Bull offering little Boney Fair Play," published by Hannah Humphrey. [Rand, Snuffing Out Boney]
Referring to John Ashton's "English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I," E.B. Krumbhaar, Isaac Cruikshank's early cataloger, suggests Isaac Cruikshank likely etched this plate, assisted by his thirteen-year-old son, George.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 16; Douglas 649; Krumbhaar 86; British Museum 10439
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Pubd by S.W. Fores N. 50 Piccadilly London Novr 19 1805" at l.r.
Type: image
Format: Print Etching with hand coloring
Form/Genre: Print
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft2n39n7s7
1989.21.155
Subject: Caricatures; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleonic wars; armed forces

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