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Snuffing Out Boney!

George Cruikshank1814

Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States

A Cossack (right), highly delighted, uses a large pair of snuffers to grip the head of a tiny figure of Napoleon (left), emerging like a candle from a flat candlestick which stands (left) on a three-legged stool. Napoleon's feet are within the socket of the candlestick; he wears uniform, with immense plumes in his bicorne. He stands with fingers outspread, turning his head in profile to the right, his mouth wide open as if shrieking. The Cossack is a large figure, boldly drawn, wearing furred cap with aigrette and a sword. He is in a slightly crouching attitude, right leg extended and resting on the heel, left arm raised, as if dancing (cf. No. 12046). On the wall above Napoleon is a print of a seated Cossack about to place an extinguisher over a tiny and terrified Napoleon.
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  • Title: Snuffing Out Boney!
  • Creator Lifespan: 1792 - 1878
  • Creator Nationality: British
  • Creator Death Place: London, England
  • Creator Birth Place: London, England
  • Date: 1814
  • Technique: Etching
  • Physical Dimensions: w24.0 x h34.5 x d0.0 cm
  • Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. and Elizabeth S. Neumann
  • Artist: George Cruikshank
  • Type: Prints
  • External Link: Harvard Art Museums
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
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