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Boney Tir'd of Wars Alarms
Boney Tir'd of Wars Alarms
TitleBoney Tir'd of Wars Alarms
SubtitleFlies for Safety to his darling's Arms
PublisherWalker & Knight
Place of PublicationEngland -- London
Date1813
Caption TextCaption on Image:
Boney tir'd of War's Alarms, Flies for Safety to his darlings Arms
Pub'd by Walker & Knight
Sweetings Alley Royal E.
Jun 4 1813

Dialogue & Signage:
[Marie Louise] Come to my arms my Hero & tell me all the Secrets of your Glorious Campaign
[Napoleon] My Reputation is gone forever – I must plead for Peace – Infandum Regina jubes renovare dolorem
[Creature carrying Napoleon] Take him to Bed my Lady & Thaw him, I am almost petrified in helping him to escape from his Army. I shall expect him to say his prayers to me every night!
[Child] Nursey has Papa cowed the Russians as the English cowed us
[Nurse] No, your Majesty the Russians fought like Bulls & their Nobility proved Staunch Patriots
[Menu held by dog soldier] Pour Dinoir Roast Eagles Nag Soup, Fricase of Rats, Grand Pine de Cheval, Plenty of Ice, Snow Ball, Gunpowder, F(cannot read)
[Little dog] Bow woo woo

Subjects (LCSH)Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Geographic CoverageFrance
Digital CollectionNapoleonic Period Collection
Digital ID NumberNAP013
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionNapoleon Collection
UW Reference NumberE19
Object TypePrint
Physical DescriptionEtching, hand colored ; plate mark 25 x 35 cm. on sheet 26 x 37 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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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