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The IMPERIAL FAMILY Going to the Devil.
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| Title | The IMPERIAL FAMILY Going to the Devil. |
| Creator | Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 |
| Publisher | Hughes, T. |
| Place of Publication | England -- London -- Ludgate Hill |
| Date | 1814 |
| Caption Text | Caption on Image:
The IMPERIAL FAMILY Going to the Devil.
G. Cruickshank fec't
Pub'd March 1st 1814 by T. Hughes Ludgate Hill
Dialogue and Signage: (characters left to right)
[Skeleton] Walk up Ladies & gentlemen, walk up the fee is only a trifling Pole Tax & you are immediately in the high Road to the dominions of your only remaining ally
[Headless soldier] Stop the procession, I have picked up my head
[Headless woman in pink dress, possibly Mme de Montesquiou] Bless me the Austrian Eagle is carrying away little Boney
[Headless man in orange coat] Accept my arm Madam, we shall soon meet with a warm reception in the court of our Dearly beloved Friend
[Headless man with head under his arm] Distraction! Whether shall we go? I thought we should be sure of an asylum here
[Headless Talleyrand in pink robe] Mercy on me, what is to become of us—his imperial Majesty King Lucifer refuses us admittance
[Headless Napoleon] Do you now know me? I am Napoleon Buonaparte...your vicegerent on Earth
[Lucifer] That may be very true but you was such a Devil among men that I fear you here so go about your business. I am determined to have no one here who shall dispute with me my dominions and threaten to usurp my empire...so go along.
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| Historical Notes | This intricate Cruikshank drawing shows Napoleon and his headless entourage (the imperial "family") marching from the guillotine towards the gates of Hell. A skeleton stands as a barker beside the guillotine, encouraging victims to pay a tax and be dispatched immediately to their "one remaining ally." One man kneels under the blade and two men and a woman wait their turn. Behind the entrance to Hell stands a terrifying Lucifer, who bars their entrance because he fears competition from Napoleon who has been "such a Devil among men." Marie Louise, Napoleon's second wife, walks with her head on a plate, accompanied by a general who drags his head by its pigtail. In the air, a double-headed eagle carries away Napoleon's son, the King of Rome. Mme de Montesquiou recognizes it as the Austrian eagle, a reference to the rumor that the child's grandfather, Francis I of Austria, would serve as regent until the child was grown. In fact, the King of Rome played no part in the final transfer of power from Napoleon.
Reference Source: George #12190
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| Publishing Notes | Published March 1st, 1814.
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| Subjects(LCTGM) | Devil
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Political cartoons
History--Caricatures & cartoons
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Talleyrand-Périgord, Augustin Louis, comte de, 1770-1832
Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832
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| Geographic Coverage | France |
| Digital Collection | Napoleonic Period Collection
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| Digital ID Number | NAP032 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Napoleon Collection |
| UW Reference Number | E26 |
| Object Type | Print |
| Physical Description | Etching, hand colored ; plate mark 20 x 49 cm. on sheet 21 x 50 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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