The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . THE NEW ROBINSON a German caricature. title of still another of Rowlandsons designs, which appearedin April, 1815. The head and bust of the Emperor drawnon a colossal scale, a hangmans noose around his throat, ismounted on a vast pyramid of human heads, his decapitatedvictims. Demons are flying through the air to place upon hisbrow a crown of blazing pitch, while a ring of other excitedfiends, whose features represent Marechal Ney, Lefebre, Da- 56 CENTURY IN CARICATURE voust and others, with horns, hoofs, and tails, are dancing
The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . THE NEW ROBINSON a German caricature. title of still another of Rowlandsons designs, which appearedin April, 1815. The head and bust of the Emperor drawnon a colossal scale, a hangmans noose around his throat, ismounted on a vast pyramid of human heads, his decapitatedvictims. Demons are flying through the air to place upon hisbrow a crown of blazing pitch, while a ring of other excitedfiends, whose features represent Marechal Ney, Lefebre, Da- 56 CENTURY IN CARICATURE voust and others, with horns, hoofs, and tails, are dancing intriumph around the idol they have replaced. Closely re-sembling this cartoon of Rowlandson is the German cartoon,which is reproduced in these pages, showing a double-faced. NAPOLEON CAGED BY THE a French cartoon of (he period. Napoleon topping a monument built of skulls. Rowland-sons Hell Hounds Rallying around the Idol of France was the last English cartoon directed against Napoleonwhen he was at the head of France. Two months later theEmperors power was finally broken at Waterloo. PART II FROM WATERLOO THROUGH THE CRIMEAN WAR CHAPTER VII AFTER THE DOWNFALL WITH the downfall of Napoleon the GillraySchool of caricature came to an abrupt and verynatural close. It was a school born of fear andnurtured upon rancor—a school that indulged freely inobscenity and sacrilege, and did not hesitate to stoop to kickthe fallen hero, to heap insult and ignominy upon Napoleonin his exile. Only during a great world crisis, a death strug-gle of nations, could popular opinion have tolerated suchwanton disregard for decency. And when the crisis waspassed it came to an end like some malignant growth,strangled by its own virulence. The truth is that Gillrayand
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