The high German method of destroying vermin at Rat-stadt [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The high German method of destroying vermin at Rat-stadt [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [22 May 1799]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 22d, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
- Abstract
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"Two ferocious Austrian hussars have decapitated the two French envoys. One (left) holds his victim feet in air, the head between the feet. The other stands still, blood spouting from his neck, while the soldier displays to the victim the head spiked on his sabre. The third (De Bry), slashed with sabre-cuts and dropping a dispatch-box, flees before a mob of soldiers. On the left is the back of the travelling carriage, with three trunks inscribed respectively: 'Roberjot', 'Bonnier', 'Jean Debry'. An open dispatch-box with papers is on the ground. After the title: '"Now you shall see! how the cruel Austrians turn'd the Heads of \ "two French Gentlemen, whose brains were deraigned.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Artist questionably identified in the British Museum catalogue as Marquis Townshend, based on the drawing for this print in the British Museum collection.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Austrian hussars -- Congress of Rastadt, April 1799 -- Plenipotentiaries: French envoys -- Murder : decapitation -- Vehicles: carriages.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.0 x 36.6 cm, on sheet 30.0 x 39.9 cm.
Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 5 of 12. - Provenance
- From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. 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 : sheet 27 x 37 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. 5
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Debry, Jean-Antoine-Joseph, 1760-1834
Roberjot, Claude, 1752-1799
Bonnier d'Alco, Ange Elisabeth Louis Antonin, 1750-1799 - Subjects
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Debry, Jean-Antoine-Joseph, 1760-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Roberjot, Claude, 1752-1799 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bonnier d'Alco, Ange Elisabeth Louis Antonin, 1750-1799 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 8191263
- Object ID (OID)
- 11858772
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