"Tirailleur francais et chevau leger de l'Armée du Pacha de Rhodes" [graphic] : evolutions of French mounted riflemen / etched by Js. Gillray from the original intercepted drawing.

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Description

Title: "Tirailleur francais et chevau leger de l'Armée du Pacha de Rhodes" [graphic] : evolutions of French mounted riflemen / etched by Js. Gillray from the original intercepted drawing.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Copyright Date: [12 March 1799]
Abstract: "A magnificently mounted Turk (right) raises his spear to transfix a ragged French soldier who is about to be thrown by the donkey (cf. BMSat 9357) whose ear he clutches. The Frenchman's musket is awkwardly held and goes off innocuously; defence is impossible."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: One of seven plates on the French expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Auchincloss Gillray v. 5

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1799.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1799.
Watermarks (Paper)--Russell & Co.--CtY-BR
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9361
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 257

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 8185179
Object ID (OID): 11858761