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George Cruikshank: Old Bumblehead the 18th trying on the Napoleon Boots – or, Preparing for the Spanish Campaign   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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George Cruikshank (1792–)  wikidata:Q360466 s:en:Author:George Cruikshank
 
George Cruikshank
Alternative names
George Cruickshank; George, I Cruikshank; George, I Cruickshank; Cruickshank; george cruikshank; cruikshank
Description British caricaturist, artist, illustrator, photographer, painter and draftsperson
Date of birth/death 27 September 1792 Edit this at Wikidata 1 February 1878 / 1 February 1873 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q360466
Title
Old Bumblehead the 18th trying on the Napoleon Boots – or, Preparing for the Spanish Campaign
title QS:P1476,en:"Old Bumblehead the 18th trying on the Napoleon Boots – or, Preparing for the Spanish Campaign"
label QS:Len,"Old Bumblehead the 18th trying on the Napoleon Boots – or, Preparing for the Spanish Campaign"
label QS:Les,"Antiguo Bumblehead XVIII tratando de ponerse las botas de Napoleón, o: preparación para la campaña española"
label QS:Lfr,"Vieux Bumblehead XVIII essayer les bottes de Napoléon - ou, Préparation de la Campagne Espagnole"
label QS:Lde,"Der alte Brummkopf XVIII. versucht, Napoleons Stiefel anzuprobieren, oder: Vorbereitungen für den spanischen Feldzug"
label QS:Lnl,"Oude Brombeer de 18de probeert Napoleon's laarzen aan te doen - of, voorbereidingen voor de Spaanse Veldtocht"
Description

Depicted people: Louis XVIII and Napoleon II

In spite of the "Bears grease" (by which Russian support is meant), the French king Louis XVIII is not able to put on Napoleon's boots. Napoleon's son stands ready to catch the Bourbon crown if it might fall. In the background, a guillotine topped with a liberty cap appears out of the fog.
Date 17 February 1823
date QS:P571,+1823-02-17T00:00:00Z/11
Medium hand-colored etching print on paper
Dimensions height: 247 mm (9.72 in); width: 351 mm (13.81 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,247U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,351U174789
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Caricatures VI p.34
Accession number
1935,0522.6.34
Object history 1935: transferred to British Museum from British Library
Inscriptions
Title bottom:
Old Bumblehead the 18th trying on the Napoleon Boots – or, Preparing for the Spanish Campaign
Speech balloon top:
Oh! God of StLouis assist me for tho' I have had my heels well rub'd with Bears grease yet I'm afraid I shall find it a d__d awkward job
Speech balloon right:
The boots wont fit you old Bourbon. I'll try them on by & by
Signature bottom:
Geo Cruikshank fec
Date and publishers mark bottom right:
Feby 17th 1823 Pubd by Jn. Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill London
References British Museum - Old Bumblehead the 18th trying on the Napoleon Boots
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