- Title Information
- Title
- Corsican Cuckoo
- Subtitle
- A bird of passage recently discovered in France and supposed to be the most crafty of his species
- Non Sort
- The
- Name
- Name Part
- Cruikshank, Isaac
- Name Part:
Date
- 1764-18111
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- caricaturist
- Name
- Name Part
- Williamson, T.
- Name Part:
Date
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- publisher
- Origin Information
- Place
- Place Term:
Text
- London
- Place Term:
Code
- xxk
- Publisher
- T. Williamson
- Date Created
- 1804
- Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 print; 25 x 35 cm
- Abstract
- In this graphically scatological satire, Napoleon defiles the French throne, marked "L R," by defecating on the cushions. Leaving no detail out, the satirist depicts Napoleon perched on the arms of the throne with his bottom bared. This "egg" he lays causes a Frenchman, possibly a Bourbon, to retreat while pinching his nose closed. In naming Napoleon a cuckoo, Cruikshank makes explicit reference to a bird that invades another's nest and lays eggs that upon hatching will devour the other eggs in that nest. Like the bird, the filth Napoleon spreads on the French throne contaminates the monarchy as an institution in France.
- Note
- Published by Williamson, 1804-07-26. British Museum, BM 10261.
- Note:
Text
(displayLabel="Caption", lang="English")
- Pubd. ty T. Williamson 20, Strand London July 26 1804
- Note:
Text
(displayLabel="Dialogue", lang="English")
- Monsieur: "Curse him what a stink he has made, he has foul'd my nest so that I must run away."
- Note:
Text
(displayLabel="Dialogue", lang="English")
- Napoleon: "I think that by laying an Egg, I shall get full possession of this Royal Nest."
- Subject
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Napoleon
- Name Part:
Terms of Address
- I, Emperor of the French
- Name Part:
Date
- 1769-1821
- Topic
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Related Item:
Host
(displayLabel="Collection:")
- Title Information
- Title
- Napoleonic Satires
- Identifier:
COLID
- 2
- Identifier:
URI
- http://dl.lib.brown.edu/napoleon
- Identifier:
Local
(displayLabel="ASKB Call No.:")
- Bullard E-222
- Location
- Physical Location
- John Hay Library
- Identifier:
METSID
- 1130945954583384
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Access Condition:
rights statement
(href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/")
- No Copyright - United States
- Access Condition:
restriction on access
- Collection is open for research.