‎CRUCKSHANK / IRELAND William Henry:‎
‎Napoleon and his Army effecting the wonderful passage of the Alps, at Mount St. Bernard. From Ireland’s Life of Napoleon.‎

‎ ca. 1825, 21x28 cm Cruikshank's Napoleon plate 5. with fold, framed. (31x38 cm).‎

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‎George Cruikshank (1792-1878), who began his long and influential career as a caricaturist and book illustrator at the age of eight, working in his father’s shop, produced a steady output of political prints for over sixty years, although the focus had shifted to book illustration by the mid 1820’s. His works, which include more than 6000 graphic designs, ranged from portraits (some satiric, others not, depending on the tastes of his patrons and employers), attacks on politicians, the British monarchy, and Napoleon, illustrations for children’s books, and advertising for the Temperance Movement. By the second decade of the nineteenth century he was admired as the leading British caricaturist. Just before and after Napoleon’s final defeat in 1815, Cruikshank executed a number of political caricatures of the defeated French Emperor. These and earlier portraits of Napoleon at key moments in his career present a double sided image... (Lauren Schroeder). Image disp.‎