Gillray, James (1756 – 1815) – ‘Apotheosis of the Corsican-Phoenix’.

'Apotheosis of the Corsican-Phoenix'. Hand coloured etching and aquatint. 'Publishd - August 2d 1808 - by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street'. In this print 'The Spanish venture is prophetically depicted as Napoleon's self-immolation. The Spanish rising, caused Napoleon in 1808 to abandon his plans for the partition of Turkey and the conquest of Egypt and India' (Dorothy George). Napoleon, on the Pyrenean Mountains, sits on a globe held up by muskets. On the globe European countries, Turkey and Algeria burn. The plumes of smoke coming off the burning Pheonix envelop the Dove of peace. 14x10.5 inches.