GILLRAY, JamesDemocracy;-or-a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte. London, Humphrey, 12 May 1800.

Plate: 298 x 452mm; Sheet: 353 x 522mm; Hand-coloured etching; a few stitching holes in upper outside margin, slightly soiled in places

„Eight scenes in the life of Bonaparte, each a satire in its own right: caustic case studies using traditional moral pronciples as understood and exemplified by the „Democrat“ Napoleon.“ (Arenenberg)

BM Satires 9534; Broadley A 266; Arenenberg 7

EUR 3500,-