Title page: The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos.

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Creator

G. Cruikshank

Title

Title page: The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos.

Coverage

London

Publisher

Printed for T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside; Wm Allason, 31, New Bond Street & J. Dick, Edinburgh

Date

1815

Description

The two-sided ladder surrounding the center text was a familiar device used by Cruikshank to show the rise and fall of princes.

Source

Source: The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos. By Doctor Syntax [William Combe], embellished with Thirty Engravings by G. Cruikshank.

Relation

From the collection of Josephine Lea Iselin.