Austrian bugaboo funking the French army [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Austrian bugaboo funking the French army [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Copyright Date
- [12 May 1792]
- Abstract
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"A monster, representing Austria, puts to flight a disorderly rabble of French soldiers who fall over each other in their haste. He has enormous legs which are joined to his shoulders, probably to indicate that he is 'nobody' (cf. BMSat 5570); his head consists of a large military cap, decorated with the Habsburg eagle, from which issue enormous moustaches and two puffs of smoke (from simulated nostrils); he smokes a large curved metal pipe, and from his supposed mouth issues a blast of smoke directed against the French troops. His legs are arrogantly astride, his arms akimbo, he wears a huge sabre and spurred jack-boots. The French soldiers in the foreground are ragged and ill-armed, one holds a pitchfork, those behind have muskets. One holds up a tricolour flag inscribed 'Liberta[s]' and cries "La LiberteĢ! La LiberteĢ - de s'enfuir". In the upper left corner of the design is etched: '"While loyal honour warm'd a Fr'enchmans breast, "The field of Battle was a glorious test; "Nobly ambitious for his King to fight, "To die or conquer was a Soldiers Right. "A strange reverse the Democrats display, "And prove the "Right of Man" - to run away -'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26 x 36 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8086
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 143
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7816096
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811389