A Study for a Caius Marius Sitting amidst the Ruins of Carthage, Rather a Serious Subject: "Napoleon was in the habit of comparing England to Carthage!"

Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868, Irish, A Study for a Caius Marius Sitting amidst the Ruins of Carthage, Rather a Serious Subject: "Napoleon was in the habit of comparing England to Carthage!", 1847

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Creator:

Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Printed by Thomas McLean, 1788–1875
Published by Thomas McLean, 1788–1875

Title:

A Study for a Caius Marius Sitting amidst the Ruins of Carthage, Rather a Serious Subject: "Napoleon was in the habit of comparing England to Carthage!"

Part Of:

Collective Title: Political Sketches

Date:

1847

Materials & Techniques:

Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 9/16 inches (30.6 x 44.6 cm), Image: 9 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches (23.5 x 34.6 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Marked with imprint, lower left: "Subscriber's Copy, HB"

Lettered, upper right: "HB Sketches No 890"; lower left inside image: "HB"; lower left under image: "Published Novr 10th 1847, by T McLean 26 Haymarket"; lower center: "A STUDY FOR A | CAIUS MARIUS SITTING ADMIST THE RUINS OF CARTHAGE.* | RATHER A SERIOUS SUBJECT. | *Napoleon was in the habit of comparing England to Carthage!"; lower right: "Printed at 70, St Martin's Lane"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.14666

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated Places:

Africa | Carthage

Associated People:

Gaius Marius (157BC - 86BC), Roman military commander and consul
Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792–1878), politician/statesman
Bonaparte, Louis-Napoléon (1808 – 1873), President of the French Second Republic, later ruler of the Second French Empire

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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:49381

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