The Norwich bull feast or glory and gluttony
Permanent Link: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h128nh28z
Description
Artist (attributed to):
- Rowlandson, Thomas (British [artist], ca. 1756-1827)
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University class of 1895
- 1813; ca. 1701-ca. 1900
- [London] : Thos. Tegg; No. 111 Cheapside
- 24 × 33.7 cm (sheet)
- Princeton University Library. Graphic Arts. GA 2014.00396.
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821‒Caricatures and cartoons
- France‒Kings and rulers‒19th century‒Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons‒Great Britain‒19th century
- France‒History‒19th century‒Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain‒History‒19th century‒Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe‒History‒19th century‒Caricatures and cartoons
- Celebrations‒England‒Norwich‒History‒19th century‒Caricatures and cartoons
- Disorderly conduct‒England‒Norwich‒History‒19th century‒Caricatures and cartoons
- Crowds‒England‒Norwich‒History‒19th century‒Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Depiction: The success gained by the allied armies over Napoleon and his forces, and the series of French disasters which had culminated at Leipzig, gave rise to rejoicings all over the country, in celebration of the supposed downfall of the Corsican Emperor . . . . Norwich, according to the print, is the scene of disorderly revelry. A huge bullock has been roasted whole in the marketplace, and the carcass is being cut up and distributed in the streets. The unruly mob fighting over the morsels and wrenching the bones from those who are ravenously picking them. Scuffles, struggles, scrimmages, and savage onslaughts are the order of the day. At the same time a puncheon of beer or spirits is broached for gratutious distribution, and a pretty spectacle of misrule is the consequence.
- Unsigned.
- GC112 Thomas Rowlandson Collection
- Grego II, p. 257
- Broadley no. 659
- Tegg no. 232
