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ci-devant Occupations or Madame Talian and the Empress Josephine dancing Naked before Barrass in the Winter of 1797
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1757-1815
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1757-1815
(publisher)
(active 1778-1822) (Life dates)
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Width: 45.4 cm
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inebriated
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Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & recto : on manuscript : Egypt / Commission / pour Buonaparte / --Barrass //
Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & recto : inscribed on bottles : ?ARESCHN / BURGANDY/
Inscription: inscrition : printed : lower right margin & recto : : J.s Gillray des. [and] fec. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : --ci-devant Occupations__or__Madame Talian and the Empress Josephine dancing Naked before Barrass in the Winter of 1797.__A Fact!__ / Barass (then in Power) being tired of Josephine, promised Buonaparte a promotion, on condition that he would take her off his hands;__Barrass had, as usual, drank freely, [and] placed Buonaparte behind a Screen, while he amused himself with these two ladies, who / were then his humble dependents,__Madame Talian is a beautiful Woman, tall [&] elegant: Josephine is smaller [&] thin, with bad Teeth something like Cloves,__it is needless to add that Buonaparte accepted the Promotion [&] the Lady__now,__Empress of France! / 37 //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : right & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : typed : right & verso : later Witt inscription : J. GILLRAY / Ci-devant Occupations //
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