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| Title | Reveil de pitt 1805 |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Place of Publication | [France -- Paris] |
| Date | ca. 1806 |
| Caption Text | Caption on image:
[Caption text]Reveil de pitt 1805 (the awakening/wakeup call of [William] Pitt, 1805)
[top-right] PL 128K
[bottom right – stamped] L. Lepingle, Bruxelles
Dialogue and signage:
[Scroll rolled out on table] victoires de la grande armée (victories of the Grand Army)
ulm
lintz
brouhou
vienne
austerlitz
[Legend upper right]
A. est ce possible je le croyais Encore..à Boulogne (is it possible I was believing it again at Boulogne?)
B. gare à nous john Bull sait tout (we need to watch out, John Bull knows everything)
C. adieu la Bavaroise (Goodbye to Bavarian cream [a dessert])
D. goddam voici de belles chiennes de nouvelles (Goddamn here is some rotten news)
[Paper fragments on floor] Morning Chronicle
The Sun-- Vienne (Vienna)
Bohème (Bohemia)
autriche (Austria)
tyrol (the Tyrol)
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| Historical Notes | William Pitt (prime minister of England during the years of Napoleon's most successful military campaigns) is shown waking up to the fact that England was in danger from France. He is sitting up in bed, staring horrified at the picture of Napoleon pointing to the list of his army's victories. Napoleon is standing on a shield bearing the Hapsburg (Prussian) eagle, and a standard beside the table shows the same emblems. Napoleon holds up an olive branch to England while pointing with his sword to the list of victories, the implication clear that he will take England by force if Pitt doesn't cooperate. Pitt says (line A of the legend): "Is it possible? I believed it again at Boulogne". The figure marked B, hiding behind the bed, says "We'd better watch out/protect ourselves, John Bull knows everything". Figure C laments that with the fall of Austria, bavarian cream desserts are a thing of the past. And John Bull rushes in, accompanied by a dog, saying "Goddamn, here is some rotten news."
Reference source: George #10520/10521.
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| Publishing Notes | Also found in the DeVinck collection (#8063) at the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris).
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP77 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | F44 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching ; on sheet 20 x 26 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2006. |
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