Yale Center for British Art

Title:
The life of Napoleon : a Hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos / by Doctor Syntax ; embellished with thirty engravings by G. Cruikshank.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for T. Tegg, Wm. Allason ; 1815.

Edinburgh : J. Dick, 1815.
Physical Description:
260 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Frequently attributed to William Combe, but listed as an imitation in: Hamilton, Harlan W. Doctor Syntax. London, 1969.
Subject Terms:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 -- Portraits. | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 -- Poetry. | Tegg, T. -- Publisher. | Allason, Wm. -- Publisher. | Dick, J. -- Publisher. | Plummer and Brewis -- Printer. | Holterman, N. -- Autograph. (BACRB Copy 1) | Moore, R.N.H. -- Bookplate.(BACRB Copy 1) | Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Poems -- England -- 19th century. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1815.
Contributors:
Combe, William, 1742–1823, attributed name. | Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878, ill.