The Corsican Spider in its web, 1808 The Corsican Spider in His Web (title object) Napoleon like a spider at the center of its web devours foreign nations represented like flies. Napoleon occupied Spain for eating, many other countries (Where: under Netherlands) already trapped in the web, other countries (Great Britain, Turkey, Russia and the Pope) still fly freely and comment. Numbered top left: 49. Manufacturer : printmaker Thomas Rowlandson (listed property) to drawing: George Moutard Woodward (listed building) Publisher: Thomas Tegg (listed property) Place manufacture: printmaker: England


The Corsican Spider in its web, 1808 The Corsican Spider in His Web (title object) Napoleon like a spider at the center of its web devours foreign nations represented like flies. Napoleon occupied Spain for eating, many other countries (Where: under Netherlands) already trapped in the web, other countries (Great Britain, Turkey, Russia and the Pope) still fly freely and comment. Numbered top left: 49. Manufacturer : printmaker Thomas Rowlandson (listed property) to drawing: George Moutard Woodward (listed building) Publisher: Thomas Tegg (listed property) Place manufacture: printmaker: England Publisher: London Date: 12-jul- 1808 Physical characteristics: etching, with the hand-colored material: paper Technique: etching / hand-color measurements: plate edge: h 348 mm × W 247 mmToelichtingNiet in Frederik Muller; added by RPK nummer. Subject: spider Peninsular War when: 1808 - 1808Wie: Napoleon Bonaparte I.


Size: 1347px × 1855px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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