James Gillray - ''DEMOCRACY; _ or _ a Sketch of the Life of BUONAPARTE'' - photo 1

James Gillray - ''DEMOCRACY; _ or _ a Sketch of the Life of BUONAPARTE''

Lot 1076
01.12.2021 18:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 1076 | James Gillray - ''DEMOCRACY; _ or _ a Sketch of the Life of BUONAPARTE''
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€ 3 500 – 3 700
James Gillray - ''DEMOCRACY; _ or _ a Sketch of the Life of BUONAPARTE''
Der Lebenslauf Napoleon Bonartpartes in acht Bildern. Am linken Rand hs. nummeriert ''21.''. Kol. Radierung auf Velin. 35,2 x 52 cm. Min. fleckig. Publiziert 12. Mai 1800. Mit dem Staatsstreich vom 18. Brumaire (9. November 1799) hatte Napoleon die Regierungsgewalt an sich gerissen. Auch die Aufmerksamkeit der englischen Öffentlichkeit richtete sich nunmehr verstärkt auf den neuen Herrscher. James Gillray schildert ihn auf der vorliegenden Radierung in acht Szenen als Mörder, Verräter und Räuber ... Herwig Guratzsch (s. u.) gibt in seinem Katalog eine eindrückliche Deutung der Szenen: ''1. In ärmlichen Verhältnissen als Sohn einer 'korsischen Piratenfamilie' geboren. - 2. Durch die Großmut des Königs erhält er einen Platz in der Militärakademie. 3. Er dankt diese Großmut, indem er Scharen von Banditen gegen die Monarchie führt. 4. Napoleon wird in Kairo zum Türken, obwohl er geschworen hatte, am katholischen Glauben festzuhalten. 5. Napoleon läßt seine Truppen in Ägypten im Stich. 6. Napoleon stürzt die französische Republik, die ihn an die Macht gebracht hatte. 7. Napoleon nimmt als Konsul die Schmeicheleien von Jakobinern, Denunzianten und Parasiten entgegen. 8. Napoleon erscheinen im Traum all jene, die er ermordet hat, und alle Schrecken der künftigen Abrechnung.'' Werkverzeichnis: Wright-Evans 252 Vgl. Guratzsch, Herwig (Hg.), James Gillray 1757-1815. Meisterwerke der Karikatur. Stuttgart 1986, S. 231, Kat.-Nr. 123.
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