WOODTHORPE, (?) – The Apotheosis of Bonaparte. – The life, character, and dying behaviour of the unhappy malefactor Napoleon Bonaparte. London, John Badcock, 10 August 1803.

Plate: 252 x 251mm; Sheet: 387 x 258mm; Hand-coloured etching with printed text beneath; with two backed marginal tears

Very rare broadside depicting Napoleon hanging on the gallows. A large John Bull kneeling in front saying ‚Amen‘ and a bunch of people celebrating the emperors death in the background.

Broadley A 21

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