The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . 8 O <s CENTURY IN CARICATURE 55 Napoleons escape from Elba was commemorated byRowlandson in The Flight of Bonaparte from Hell it the foul fiend is amusing himself by letting his captiveloose, to work fresh mischief in the world above. He hasmounted the Corsican upon a bubble and sends him careeringupward back to earth, while hissing dragons pour forthfurious blasts to waft the bubble onward. Hell Hounds Rallying around the Idol of France is the. THE NEW ROBINSON a German caricature. title of still another of Rowlandson
The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . 8 O <s CENTURY IN CARICATURE 55 Napoleons escape from Elba was commemorated byRowlandson in The Flight of Bonaparte from Hell it the foul fiend is amusing himself by letting his captiveloose, to work fresh mischief in the world above. He hasmounted the Corsican upon a bubble and sends him careeringupward back to earth, while hissing dragons pour forthfurious blasts to waft the bubble onward. Hell Hounds Rallying around the Idol of France is the. 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
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