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James Gillray
1756-1815
Austrian bugaboo funking the French army
[London] : Pubd. May 12th 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
etching, hand colored
image: 244 x 348 mm; plate: 244 x 348 mm; sheet: 250 x 357 mm
Peel 2781
Notes
Printmaker from George.
At upper left, within image: '"While loyal honour warm'd a Fr'enchmans breast, " The field of Battle was a glorious test; "Nobly ambitious for his King to fight, "To die or conquer was a Soldiers Right. "A strange reverse the Democrats display, "And prove the "Right of Man" - to run away -.
A satire on the French flight from Tournai in 1792.
At upper left, within image: '"While loyal honour warm'd a Fr'enchmans breast, " The field of Battle was a glorious test; "Nobly ambitious for his King to fight, "To die or conquer was a Soldiers Right. "A strange reverse the Democrats display, "And prove the "Right of Man" - to run away -.
A satire on the French flight from Tournai in 1792.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows a monster, representing Austria, putting to flight a disorderly rabble of French soldiers. He has enormous legs which are joined to his shoulders, probably to indicate that he is 'nobody'; his head consists of a large military cap, decorated with the Habsburg eagle, from which issue enormous moustaches and two puffs of smoke; he smokes a large curved metal pipe, and from his supposed mouth issues a blast of smoke directed against the fleeing French.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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