Description
- Abstract:
- Napoleon bows over a baptismal font. At the far left, a portly bishop dips his hand in the water and commands William Pitt, standing at the far right, to "Name this Child." Pitt bows low responding, "Deliverer of Europe & Pacificator of the World." Wilberforce and Hawkesbury stand between Napoleon and Pitt. Hawkesbury, at the center right, wears a woman's coat and bonnet over his own clothing and cautions, "You need not say anything about the March to Paris." Wilberforce, standing at center left, expresses, "I hope that he will abolish the Slave Trade."
- Notes:
- Published by Fores, 1801-10-26. British Museum, BM 9733. George notes that Pitt's response to the bishop refers to his sppech of 17 Feb., 1800. For Pitt, all the evils and threats of the French Revolution were 'centered and condensed in one man [Napoleon] who was raised and nourished in its bosom, where celebrity was gained under its auspices, who was at once the child and champion of its horrors.'
- Caption: Oct. 26, 1801 by S W Fores Piccadilly. Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening
- Dialogue: Bishop: "Name this Child"
- Dialogue: Pitt: "Deliverer of Europe and Pacificator of the World."
- Inscription: Folios of Caricatures let out for the Evening.
- Slogan(s): "When the laws are made, the People have only to Obey."
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Williams, Charles (Ansell),
"The child and champion of Jacobinism, new christened-vide Pitt's speech"
(1801).
Napoleonic Satires from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:232261/
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