The French admiral on board the Euryalus [graphic]

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Title: The French admiral on board the Euryalus [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Published / Created: [11 December 1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Decr. 11, 1805, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
Abstract: Three British sailors invite the captured French Admiral to sit and eat with them: " Well come sit down and do as we do. We never bear malice toa Frenchman after we have thrash'd him". The Admiral remarks: "Ah! Ag, b'egar you site dam vell, but no vonder, you eat dam vel, and you drink dam vel!
Description: Title etched below image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.6 x 38 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Topic): Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805
History
Eating & drinking
Sailors
British
French
Subjects: Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805
Great Britain. Royal Navy > History > Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Eating & drinking
Sailors > British
Sailors > French
England > 1805
England > London > 1805
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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