Belgrade & Clumsey [graphic].

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Description

Title
Belgrade & Clumsey [graphic].
Alternative Title
Belgrade and Clumsey
Published / Created
[not before1743]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Title caption above image.
Date based on the date of the Battle of Dettingen: June 17, 1743.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Eight lines of text below image describing the scene: Belgrade, so called for being in the noted Battle of Belgrade in Hungary : She came to the Brigade of English Horse Guards at Waesbaden on the Rhine in Germany, and continued faithfully serving them with provisions &c. : And was remarkable for exposing her person even in the very heat of action, by assisting the wounded and distressed : Clumsey (her dog) is remarkable that being at the Battle of Dettingen when the two Armies faced each other a few minutes before the attack begun there came a French dog from the enemies front and immediately our English dog met it in the interval fell upon him and beat him back into his line after which he quietly return'd to us.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Reduced copy in Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant / by James Caulfield ... London, H. R. Young and T. H. Whitely, 1819-20.
Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the Battle of Belgrade, 1739 -- Liquers: barrels of brandy carried on the battlefield -- Uniforms: army nurse's uniform.
Mounted to 37 x 25 cm.
Provenance
Suckling.
Extent
1 print : sheet 33 x 21 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
743.00.00.02+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Genre prints
Etchings England London 1743
Material
etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Great Britain. Army
Subject (Topic)
Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748
Campaigns
Mascots
Rescue dogs
Subjects
Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748 > Campaigns
Great Britain. Army > Mascots
Rescue dogs
England > London > 1743

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4888126
Object ID (OID)
10693192

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