File:Cruikshank - A View of the Grand Triumphal Pillar.png

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George Cruikshank: A View of the GRAND TRIUMPHAL PILLAR / To be Erected on the Spot where Corporal Violet alias Napoleon landed in France on returning / from Elba the 3d of March 1815 in the Department of the Var after a retirement of Ten Months   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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George Cruikshank  (1792–1878)  wikidata:Q360466 s:en:Author:George Cruikshank
 
George Cruikshank
Alternative names
George Cruickshank; George, I Cruikshank; George, I Cruickshank; Cruickshank; george cruikshank; cruikshank
Description British caricaturist, artist, illustrator and photographer
Date of birth/death 27 September 1792 Edit this at Wikidata 1 February 1878 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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artist QS:P170,Q360466
Title
A View of the GRAND TRIUMPHAL PILLAR / To be Erected on the Spot where Corporal Violet alias Napoleon landed in France on returning / from Elba the 3d of March 1815 in the Department of the Var after a retirement of Ten Months
label QS:Len,"A View of the GRAND TRIUMPHAL PILLAR / To be Erected on the Spot where Corporal Violet alias Napoleon landed in France on returning / from Elba the 3d of March 1815 in the Department of the Var after a retirement of Ten Months"
label QS:Lde,"Eine Ansicht der Großen Triumph-Säule, die auf jenem Platz im Departement Var errichtet werden sollte, auf dem Corporal Violet, auch Napoleon genannt, am 3. März 1815 bei seiner Rückkehr von Elba nach zehnmonatiger Abwesenheit landete"
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Wohl nach der Vorlage von James Gillrays "Designe for the Naval Pillar" entstandenes Blatt, das ein drastisches Bild des Schreckens nach Napoleons erfolgreicher Rückkehr aus der Verbannung auf der Insel Elba malt. Auf der obersten Plattform der Triumphsäule peitscht Napoleon eine halbnackte "Marianne" aus, die an einen Galgen gefesselt ist.
Date Erstmalig publiziert: 1815
Medium color engraving
Dimensions height: 395 mm (15.55 in); width: 244 mm (9.60 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,395U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,244U174789
Source/Photographer Early 19th century engraving by George Cruikshank
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16:01, 3 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 16:01, 3 August 2005490 × 800 (853 KB)Frank Schulenburg (talk | contribs){{PD-Art}} * {{English}} A View of the GRAND TRIUMPHAL PILLAR / ''To be Erected of the Spot where Corporal Violet alias Napoleon landed in France on returning / from Elba the 3d of March 1815 in the Department of La Var after a retirement of Ten Months''

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