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George Cruikshank: The Corsican Shuttlecock or a pretty Play thing for ye Allieslabel QS:Len,"The Corsican Shuttlecock or a pretty Play thing for ye Allies"   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
George Cruikshank  (1792–1878)  wikidata:Q360466 s:en:Author:George Cruikshank
 
George Cruikshank
Alternative names
George Cruickshank; George, I Cruikshank; George, I Cruickshank; Cruickshank; george cruikshank; cruikshank
Description British caricaturist, artist, illustrator, photographer and painter
Date of birth/death 27 September 1792 Edit this at Wikidata 1 February 1878 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q360466
Title
The Corsican Shuttlecock or a pretty Play thing for ye Allies
label QS:Len,"The Corsican Shuttlecock or a pretty Play thing for ye Allies"
label QS:Lde,"Der Korsische Federball, oder: ein hübsches Spielzeug für die Alliierten"
Description
Blücher (Preußen) und Schwarzenberg (Österreich) spielen nach dem Einzug der Alliierten in Paris (im Hintergrund) am 31. März 1814 mit Napoleon Federball. Schwarzenberg wundert sich, wie federleicht der ehemals so "schwere Brocken" Napoleon jetzt ist.
Date Erstmalig publiziert: 10. April 1814
Medium color engraving
Dimensions height: 250 mm (9.84 in); width: 363 mm (14.29 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,250U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,363U174789
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Blücher: "Bravo! Schwartzenberg : Keep the Game alive! send him this way, & d--n him, I'll drive him back again" ; Schwartzenberg: "There he goes!! why, Blücher! this used to be rather a weighty plaything, but D--n me if it isn't as light as a feather now!
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current20:54, 3 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 20:54, 3 August 2005788 × 546 (922 KB)Frank Schulenburg{{PD-Art}} * {{English}} The Corsican Shuttlecock or a pretty Play thing for e/y Allies * {{Deutsch}} Der Korsische Federball, oder: ein hübsches Spielzeug für die Alliierten Erstmalig publiziert: 10. April 1814 Originalgröße: 250 x 363 mm Blüche

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