Het committè militair [graphic].

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Description

Title
Het committè militair [graphic].
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Hess, David, 1770-1843, artist.
Published / Created
[1796]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"A skeleton (cf. BMSat 8825), representing the reorganized Dutch army, stands on a rectangular pedestal, inscribed 'De \ niewwe \ orga= \ nio \ satie. \ 1795. \ Het Ith Jaar der \ Batavsche Vryhyd'. It wears a cocked hat and short military coat (showing its ribs - 'un bel uniforme à la Française'), and smokes a pipe. Two French officers are on the left, one turns his back on the skeleton and rides his cane, like a hobby horse, his sabre against his shoulder. The other holds up an admonishing arm towards two dejected Dutch officers of unmilitary appearance: one appears to be a member of the National Guard, the other, a hunch-back, wearing jackboots and sword but leaning decrepitly on a cane, tramples on 'Traité sur l'honeur Milita[ire]'. He is 'General S.' Text, 'Jeremiah', xlviii. 14."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue.
One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata.
Plate numbered "3" in upper left corner.
With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English.
Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: skeletons as Dutch army -- Holland: reorganization of the army -- Military uniforms: French uniforms -- Hunchbacks -- Military national guards: Dutch national guard -- Holland: civil discord -- Committees: military committee.
Letterpress explanation lacking.
Provenance
Old Print Shop; 1961.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 27.6 x 22.1 cm, on sheet 38 x 28 cm + 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Language
Dutch
French
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
796.00.00.08

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8056966
Object ID (OID)
11105921

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