Het committè van fransche requisitien [graphic].

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Description

Title
Het committè van fransche requisitien [graphic].
Alternative Title
Battus paÿent l'amende
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Hess, David, 1770-1843, artist.
Published / Created
[1796]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"Two French officers collect requisitioned goods from two Hollanders. One holds out smiling an empty sack, directing an abject Dutchman on the extreme right to put in the two money-bags which he holds. The other clenches his fist and seizes the wig of a fat Dutchman. Beside him (left) are two barrels. On the ground lies a large paper book inscribed 'Requisition. \ 500 Boeufs hollandais \ 100 Millions de Numerair[e] \ 600 Moutons. 11000 Quint: de Ris. \ 60000 Frontages. \ d'Edam \ 3000 Toneaux \ de Genevre etc.' Behind (right) is a baggage-wagon, its canvas tilt inscribed 'Republique Françoise'. It is filled with packing-cases, one inscribed 'Cabinet d'Hist: nat': Two men (left) carry off sacks and cases (marked 'N° 105' and 'N° 56'). Above the design: 'Les Battus paÿent l'amende'. Text, 'Jeremiah', xiii. 19."--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 "14" 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: Holland: civil discord -- Committees: requisition committee -- Military uniforms: French uniforms -- Dutchmen -- Wagons: baggage-wagon -- Plunder -- Money: bags of money -- Barrels.
Letterpress explanation lacking.
Provenance
Old Print Shop ; 1961.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 27.6 x 22.1 cm, on sheet 35 x 27 cm + 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Language
Dutch
French
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
796.00.00.19

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
8057329
Object ID (OID)
11105931

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