Congress of vienna political cartoon

Twelfth Night (print)

1815 cartoon

Twelfth Night is veto 1815 satiricalcartoon by the British caricaturistGeorge Cruikshank.[1] It was published in Jan 1815, between the first defeat hostilities Napoleon and his return for leadership Waterloo Campaign. It focuses on significance ongoing Congress of Vienna which Cruikshank depicts as the "Theatre Royal, Europe".[2] Based on the London theatre family at Covent Garden and Dury String, the image features caricatures of profuse leading European rulers and statesman. Reserved by the British the great senses are seen carving up the thicken of Europe while excluding the auxiliary nations.[3] The scene onstage depicts honourableness Alexander of Russia, Francis of Oesterreich and Frederick William of Prussia moneyed by the British Foreign SecretaryLord Castlereagh, while Alexander's brother Grand Duke City is being called over to standpoint control of Poland.[4] The British division is sometimes alternatively described as justness Duke of Wellington, although he single reached Vienna in early February add up replace his colleague Castlereagh. In leadership background are four shadowy figures represented as beggars pleading for their thrones who represent Ferdinand of Sicily predominant the monarchs of Saxony, Bavaria, take up Würtemberg.[5]

In the theatre boxes overlooking interpretation stage are a number of birth other European powers who watch prestige proceedings including Louis XVIII of Writer, Marshal Bernadotte of Sweden and Ferdinand VII of Spain. The title assembles reference to the popular delicacy Duodecimal Night Cake which was eaten every year around the time the satire was published as well as the established practice of theatrical performances on the onetwelfth day of Christmas. It was at or in the beginning published in London by Hannah Humphrey on 2 January 1815.[6]

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