TITLE: National contrasts or Bulky and Boney / etch'd by Roberts. CALL NUMBER: PC 2 - National contrasts ... (with tan background) (A size) [P&P]PC 2 - National contrasts ... (with blue background) Another impression REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-04309 (digital file from original print with tan background) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Print shows, on the left, a plump, "bulky" Englishman smoking a pipe while seated at a table laden with food and drink, on his left a cornucopia overflows with coins, and under the table is a dog with collar labeled "John Bull"; in contrast, on the right sits a lean, "boney" Napoleon with oversized hat beset by wraiths labeled "cruelty," "envy" and "horrors." MEDIUM: 1 print : etching ; 24.9 x 34.4 cm. (sheet) CREATED/PUBLISHED: London : Pub'd by Roberts, Middle row Holborn, [ca. 1805] NOTES: Title from item. See PC3 - 1805 for second impression with variant coloring. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821. Gluttony--England--1800-1810. Wealth--England--1800-1810. Poverty--France--1800-1810. Starvation--France--1800-1810. Envy--1800-1810. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1800-1810.Etchings British 1800-1810. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print with tan background) ppmsca 04309 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.04309 CONTROL #: 2003689152
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