Two caricatures from a series of eight arranged in rows depicting ther 'The Life of Buonaparte' A caricature by James Gillray, London published by John Miller, Bridge Street and W.Blackwood, Edinburgh. Circa 1820 with original colouring. The first shows Buonaparte, as Grand Consul of France, receiving the adulations of Jacobin Sycophants & Parasites', in the second on his Couch, surrounded by the Ghosts of the Murder'd, - ye Dangers which threaten his Usurpation, and all the Horrors of Final Retribution.'
Approx 26.5cms by 13.5cms.