French volunteers marching to the conquest of Great Britain [graphic] / C.L.S.
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Description
- Title
- French volunteers marching to the conquest of Great Britain [graphic] / C.L.S.
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751-1835, artist. - Copyright Date
- [25 October 1803]
- Abstract
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"A mounted officer with drawn sabre heads a procession of 'Volunteers' linked by a chain to his horse and to each other. The horse is a well-bred animal with handsome trappings, but the rider is lean and has torn breeches. He is followed by a file of three whose necks are attached to the horse and whose hands or arms are pinioned. All are miserable wretches, barelegged and ragged; the last, less abject, has sabots and takes snuff. He is chained to the neck of a donkey on whose back is a pannier containing three despairing conscripts. To the animal's tail is tied a low truck on which a moribund shackled man lies on his back, his knees drawn up. To the truck is chained, in a stooping position, a man whose hands are tied behind his back, his nails being long talons. Birds, scenting carrion, fly towards the procession. Below the design: 'Dedicated (by an Eye Witness) to the Volunteers of Great Britain'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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Printmaker identified as Gillray and the artist questionably identified as Charles Loraine Smith in the British Museum catalogue.
Title etched in top part of image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 21.8 x 60.6 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Etchings--England--London--1803.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1803.
Watermarks (Paper)--J. Whatman--1809.--CtY-BR - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751-1835, artist.
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
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10117
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 278
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 304
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12470347
- Object ID (OID)
- 11858822