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Summary
George Cruikshank: The Allied Bakers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q360466 |
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Title |
The Allied Bakers or, The Corsican Toad in the hole. title QS:P1476,en:"The Allied Bakers or, The Corsican Toad in the hole."
label QS:Len,"The Allied Bakers or, The Corsican Toad in the hole."
label QS:Les,"Los panaderos aliados o, el pastel de carne de Córcega."
label QS:Lfr,"Les boulangers alliées, ou la tarte à la viande corse."
label QS:Lnl,"De geallieerde bakkers, of: de Corsicaanse vleespastei."
label QS:Lde,"Die alliierten Bäcker, oder: die korsische Fleischpastete." |
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Object type | engraving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
In this image Charles XIV Johan Bernadotte of Sweden, Michael Woronzoff of Russia and Marshal Blücher of Prussia try to shove Napoleon I of France into the 'Allied Oven'. On the other side Francis I emperor of Austria feigns opening the door, while actually preventing the dish from going in. This leads to impatient reactions of the other commanders. The weathervane on the emperors hat symbolizes his indecisiveness. On the right the Duke of Wellington approaches with more cakes that need to be baked. One of the cakes holds the French tricolore and two spurred jack-boots, the other cake contains the city of Bordeaux. In front of the oven sits a Dutchman holding a pair of bellows, which he does not use. With this image Cruikshank takes a theme from his great inspiration James Gillray, who created a similar scene in 1806 with a totally different distribution of roles: Tiddy Doll, the great French-Gingerbread-Baker; drawing out a new Batch of Kings. |
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Date |
1 April 1814 date QS:P571,+1814-04-01T00:00:00Z/11 |
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Medium | hand-colored engraving on paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 254 mm (10 in); width: 361 mm (14.21 in) dimensions QS:P2048,254U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,361U174789 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
British XIXc Unmounted Roy |
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Accession number |
1978,U.826 |
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Credit line |
1890: bequeathed to the British Museum, London, by Eliza Cruikshank. |
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Inscriptions |
Title bottom center: The Allied Bakers or, the Corsican Toad in the Hole
Signature bottom left: G. H ivt // Cruikshank fect
Publisher's mark and date bottom right: Pubd April 1st 1814 by H. Humphrey St James St.
Speech balloon above Bernadotte: I tell you what, Woronzow, the hinges want a little Russia oil.
Speech balloon above Woronzoff: In with it Blücher.
Speech balloon above Blücher: Pull away Frank! You keep us waiting!
Speech balloon above Napoleon I: Murder! Murder!!
Speech balloon above Francis I: This door sticks! I don't think I shall get it open?!
Speech balloon above Wellington: Shove alltogather [sic] Gentlemen! D - we shove door & all in!
Text above the oven: Allied Oven
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References | British Museum - The Allied Bakers or, The Corsican Toad in the Hole. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Unknown sourceUnknown source | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annotations InfoField | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
Bernadotte
Woronzew
Blücher
Napoleon
Francis of Austria
Duke of Wellington
1 April 1814Gregorian
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current | 22:38, 4 August 2005 | 800 × 560 (1.04 MB) | wikimediacommons>Frank Schulenburg | {{PD-Art}} * {{English}} The ALLIED BAKERS or, The Corsican Toad in the hole * {{Deutsch}} Die alliierten Bäcker, oder: die korsische Fleischpastete Erstmalig publiziert: 1 April 1814 Originalgröße: 255 x 361 mm Napoleon wird von Blücher und dem r |
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