"A French hussar on a sorry horse flees before a well-mounted Mameluke (cf. BMSat 9272), with a sabre in each hand, who rides him down. The Frenchman (left) turns in his saddle to hold out defensively a sabre whose blade is inscribed 'Vaincre ou Courir'; he spurs his horse viciously. His enemy rides in heel-less slippers, one rein in his teeth, the other on the horse's neck, two pistols on cords fly out behind him. The expressions of the horses reflect those of their masters: abject terror and fierce confidence."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Watermark: Russell & Co., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 5 of 12.
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A grotesque, obese, and negroid Copt, holding a mace or staff, rides (right to left) an ass which, though led procession-ally by a Copt, proceeds on account of the bayonet with which a grinning French soldier stabs its hind quarters. The 'Mayor' wears a French military coat and breeches, with a tricolour scarf and cocked hat with large tricolour plumes. He is otherwise naked, and a heavy chain of beads hangs from his ear. The 'Procureur' is naked except for a cocked hat and tricolour scarf; he carries a (?) goad as a staff of office. Behind his ear is a pen."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- French soldiers -- Military uniforms: French army, 1798 -- Asses -- Inaugurations: Coptic Mayor of Cairo -- Copts -- Procurers -- Staves: goad as a staff of office -- Allusion to Copies of Original Letters From the Army of General Bonapart in Egypt, Intercepted by the Fleet.
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A grotesque, obese, and negroid Copt, holding a mace or staff, rides (right to left) an ass which, though led procession-ally by a Copt, proceeds on account of the bayonet with which a grinning French soldier stabs its hind quarters. The 'Mayor' wears a French military coat and breeches, with a tricolour scarf and cocked hat with large tricolour plumes. He is otherwise naked, and a heavy chain of beads hangs from his ear. The 'Procureur' is naked except for a cocked hat and tricolour scarf; he carries a (?) goad as a staff of office. Behind his ear is a pen."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- French soldiers -- Military uniforms: French army, 1798 -- Asses -- Inaugurations: Coptic Mayor of Cairo -- Copts -- Procurers -- Staves: goad as a staff of office -- Allusion to Copies of Original Letters From the Army of General Bonapart in Egypt, Intercepted by the Fleet., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 37.7 cm, on sheet 30.4 x 42.3 cm., Watermark: Russell & Co., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 5 of 12.
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A magnificently mounted Turk (right) raises his spear to transfix a ragged French soldier who is about to be thrown by the donkey (cf. BMSat 9357) whose ear he clutches. The Frenchman's musket is awkwardly held and goes off innocuously; defence is impossible."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- Military: French soldiers -- Military uniforms: French army, 1798 -- Asses -- Horses -- Male costume: Turk -- Weapons: spears -- Guns: rifles.
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
"A magnificently mounted Turk (right) raises his spear to transfix a ragged French soldier who is about to be thrown by the donkey (cf. BMSat 9357) whose ear he clutches. The Frenchman's musket is awkwardly held and goes off innocuously; defence is impossible."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., One of seven plates on the French expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- Military: French soldiers -- Military uniforms: French army, 1798 -- Asses -- Horses -- Male costume: Turk -- Weapons: spears -- Guns: rifles., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.4 x 35.8 cm, on sheet 30.5 x 40.8 cm., Watermark, partially trimmed: Russell & Co., and Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 5 of 12.
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
Title printed below design on the plate and continuously on the sheet below plate mark., Three columns of verse in 17 stanzas below title: Young Damon and Phyllis whose hearts were entwined, Who felt for each other a flame, Oft talked of the vows that ought lovers to bind ..., Parody of a ballad of the same title in The Monk by M.G. Lewis., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: parlor -- Architectural details: wainscot -- Wedding feast -- Emotions: fear -- Food: suckling pig -- Roasted poultry -- Table-settings -- Reference to Charles Few., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1798 [date mostly trimmed].
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Published 4th June 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
A pretty young woman sits on the knee of a military officer as they embrace, both unaware that her furious, red-faced husband has just entered the room through the door on the left. He clutches a large stick and exclaims, "My wife, as sure as I am a haberdasher."
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Title from item., Earlier state, with imprint, of no. 9623 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Earlier edition of print described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, p. 15., and Watermark: Russell & Co.
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Pubd. Octr. 1st, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
"A foppish footman (left) wearing a cutaway livery coat with pantaloons, bunch of seals, and other fashionable trappings, holds a nosegay, admiring himself in a wall-mirror: "This I think will strike the Female Villager, the dear smiling rogues will never be able to resist the little Jenny Seequy of my dress and manners." An ape on a chain (right) seems to imitate his pose. Two country servants (right) gaze angrily at him: a footman (right) says: "Nan did'st ever see such a conceited Monkey! old Jack the Baboon is a fool to urn!!" She says: "The house will be turned topsy turvy by these Lunneners."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., and Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: footmen -- Servants -- Nosegays -- Furnishings: wall mirror -- Console-table -- Pets: monkey -- Slang: "Jenny Seequy" (Je ne sais quoi) -- Slang: "Lunneners" (Londoners) -- Male costume: seals.
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Pubd. Augt. 30, 1799, by R. Akerman, N. 101 Strand
"A foppish footman (left) wearing a cutaway livery coat with pantaloons, bunch of seals, and other fashionable trappings, holds a nosegay, admiring himself in a wall-mirror: "This I think will strike the Female Villager, the dear smiling rogues will never be able to resist the little Jenny Seequy of my dress and manners." An ape on a chain (right) seems to imitate his pose. Two country servants (right) gaze angrily at him: a footman (right) says: "Nan did'st ever see such a conceited Monkey! old Jack the Baboon is a fool to urn!!" She says: "The house will be turned topsy turvy by these Lunneners."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Temporary local subject terms: Domestic service: footmen -- Servants -- Nosegays -- Furnishings: wall mirror -- Console-table -- Pets: monkey -- Slang: "Jenny Seequy" (Je ne sais quoi) -- Slang: "Lunneners" (Londoners) -- Male costume: seals., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22.2 x 18 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of series title and number., and Mounted on verso of leaf 37 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
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Pubd. Augt. 30, 1799, by R. Akerman, N. 101 Strand
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Original of No. 9486A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject terms: Law: justice -- Law: lawyer -- Writing implements: inkstand and quills.
