Gillray, James (1756 – 1815) – ‘Tiddy-Doll, the great French-Gingerbread-Baker, drawing out a new Batch of Kings – his Man, Hopping Talley, Mixing up the Dough’.

'Tiddy-Doll, the great French-Gingerbread-Baker, drawing out a new Batch of Kings - his Man, Hopping Talley, Mixing up the Dough'. Etching and aquatint. 'Publishd. Jany. 23d. 1806, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street, London'. 'A brilliant satire on Napoleonic imperialism after Austerlitz, remarkable also for its prophetic character' (Dorothy George). Napoleon the baker takes three freshly baked Kings (Bavaria, Württemberg and Baden) out of his 'New French Oven for Imperial Gingerbread'. At Napoleon's feet is an 'Ash Hole for broken Gingerbread' into which has been swept Italy, Holland, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria etc. Behind him are cannon balls to be used as fuel. In the lower left of the composition is a basket containing 'Kinglings' and a fool's hat from which spew drowns, cardinal's hats etc. On a chest on the right sit 'Little Dough Viceroy's intended for the next new batch', at the front are 'Sheridan, Fox, Moira and Derby'. In the background Talleyrand stands at the 'Political Kneading Trough'. 10x14.75 inches.