"Tirailleur francais et chevau leger de l'Armée du Pacha de Rhodes" evolutions of French mounted riflemen / [graphic]

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Title: "Tirailleur francais et chevau leger de l'Armée du Pacha de Rhodes" evolutions of French mounted riflemen / [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 March 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
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: Title etched below image.
One of seven plates on the French expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- Military: French soldiers -- Military uniforms: French army, 1798 -- Asses -- Horses -- Male costume: Turk -- Weapons: spears -- Guns: rifles.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; Mar. 1961 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) Russell & Co.
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Russell & Co.
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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