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James Gillray
1756-1815
"Mamlouk, et hussard republicain" : general result of Buonaparte's attack upon Ibrahim Bey's rear guard / etched by Js. Gillray, from the original intercepted drawing
[London] : Pubd. March 12th 1799 by H. Humphrey St James's Street, [1799]
etching, hand colored
image: 249 x 376 mm; plate mark: 263 x 376 mm; sheet: 320 x 469 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.456
Notes
One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a French hussar on horseback fleeing before a well-mounted Mameluke, with a sabre in each hand, who rides him down. The Frenchman turns in his saddle to hold out defensively a sabre whose blade is inscribed 'Vaincre ou Courir'; he spurs his horse viciously. His enemy rides in heel-less slippers, one rein in his teeth, the other on the horse's neck, two pistols on cords fly out behind him.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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