Introduction of Citizen Volpone & his Suite at Paris
Artist
James Gillray
(British, 1756 - 1815)
Publisher
Hannah Humphrey
(British, active 1745 - 1818)
CultureBritish
Date1802
MediumHand-colored etching
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number62.102.87
Not on view
DescriptionNapoleon Bonaparte holding a reception, sitting on his thrown. One of the figures is the radical Whig MP Charles James Fox and his wife, Elizabeth Armistead. Elizabeth is depicted (inaccurately) as morbidly obese.
