Pierre Lacroix (1783-1856)
Jaloux de leurs [sic] plaisir, epiant chaque geste / Messieurs dit Lucifer après vous s'il en reste (Badminton players throwing Napoleon back at each other as a shuttlecock, spurred on by Lucifer). Anti-Napoleonic cartoon. 1814. Etching. Sight: 200x250mm. De Vinck 9592. Fine proof on vellum, gouached, sun-stained. Margins. Frame (not examined out of frame). 

Plate inspired by an English cartoon by George Cruikshank, published on April 10, 1814, concerning the French campaign.
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Lot no. 45

Pierre Lacroix (1783-1856) Jaloux de leurs [sic] plaisir, epiant chaque geste / Messieurs dit Lucifer après vous s'il en reste (Badminton players throwing Napoleon back at each other as a shuttlecock, spurred on by Lucifer). Anti-Napoleonic cartoon. 1814. Etching. Sight: 200x250mm. De Vinck 9592. Fine proof on vellum, gouached, sun-stained. Margins. Frame (not examined out of frame). Plate inspired by an English cartoon by George Cruikshank, published on April 10, 1814, concerning the French campaign.

Estimate
€120 - €150
Result
€197
Buyer's premium
32%
Pierre Lacroix (1783-1856) Jaloux de leurs [sic] plaisir, epiant chaque geste / Messieurs dit Lucifer après vous s'il en reste (Badminton players throwing Napoleon back at each other as a shuttlecock, spurred on by Lucifer). Anti-Napoleonic cartoon. 1814. Etching. Sight: 200x250mm. De Vinck 9592. Fine proof on vellum, gouached, sun-stained. Margins. Frame (not examined out of frame). Plate inspired by an English cartoon by George Cruikshank, published on April 10, 1814, concerning the French campaign.
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