Hand-colored Etching of Napoleon "Shooting the Prisioners in Egypt." 1814 Satirical Print by Cruikshank, George - 1814

London: Thomas Tegg, 1814. First Edition. Loose_leaf. Near Fine. Hand colored etching/aquatint on wove paper. Sheet size: Height: 143 mm. Width: 232 mm. [Image size border-to-border 112 mm. x 192 mm.]. Lettered with title and publication line: 'London. Published by Thomas Tegg, No 111, Cheapside, Novr 29th 1814.' Print Condition: near fine with wide margins, strong line and color, a few smudges well out on the margins. Description of content: [from The British Museum website]: "Napoleon stands on a hillock under a tree in the foreground (right) looking through a telescope at a heap of dead and dying Turkish prisoners (left) in the middle distance. A file of French soldiers fires at point-blank range, while at the end of the line a cannon is being brought into action. The scene is an undulating plain with occasional palm-trees; in the distance are a walled town with mosque, a Roman pillar, and a pyramid. 29 November 1814 Hand-colored etching and aquatint. From the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum: "The massacre of prisoners at Jaffa after the storming of the city on 7 Mar. 1799 is one of the chief items of contemporary propaganda against Napoleon". Bibliographic references BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (12465) Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (376) Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné (153) [NOTE: We have other Cruikshank engravings that we haven't listed yet so please inquire if you are interested.].