Artistattributed to
William Elmes (English, fl. 1811–1820)English, fl. 1811–1820
Publisher
Thomas Tegg (English, 1776–1846)English, 1776–1846
CultureEnglish
Titles
- The Corsican Bloodhound, Beset by the Bears of Russia
DateMarch 7,1813
MediumEtching with hand-coloring
DimensionsPlate: 9 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (24 × 35 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/16 in. (26 × 36 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/16 in. (26 × 36 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number75.124
Not on view
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Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"The Art of Exaggeration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 July - 23 September, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Caption on Image:
THE CORSICAN BLOODHOUND, beset by the BEARS of Russia
Pubd Marh 7th 1813 by Thos Tegg, 111 Cheapside London
Price One Shilling Coloured
Dialogue and Signage:
[Napoleon] What a horrible climate__ my only chance to escape the clutches of those monstrous Canables, is by takeing to my heels__once more__I shall never be able to shake off this d___d old Kettle__trailing at my ___ ‘till my Tail drops off.
[Bear] Push on my lads__no grumbling__Keep scent of him__no sucking of Paws__this winter-here is food for the Bears in all the Russias.
[Label on tin kettle] Moskow Tin-Kettle
[Papers falling out of overturned kettle] Famine, Oppression, Frost, Destruction, Mortality, Moskow, Annihilation, Death, Horror
THE CORSICAN BLOODHOUND, beset by the BEARS of Russia
Pubd Marh 7th 1813 by Thos Tegg, 111 Cheapside London
Price One Shilling Coloured
Dialogue and Signage:
[Napoleon] What a horrible climate__ my only chance to escape the clutches of those monstrous Canables, is by takeing to my heels__once more__I shall never be able to shake off this d___d old Kettle__trailing at my ___ ‘till my Tail drops off.
[Bear] Push on my lads__no grumbling__Keep scent of him__no sucking of Paws__this winter-here is food for the Bears in all the Russias.
[Label on tin kettle] Moskow Tin-Kettle
[Papers falling out of overturned kettle] Famine, Oppression, Frost, Destruction, Mortality, Moskow, Annihilation, Death, Horror
Catalogue raisonnéTegg 191
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