"Two timorous duellists face each other at close quarters in a saw-pit, trembling and dropping their weapons, namely pistol and blunderbuss; each has a heap of weapons at his feet: sabres, rapier, pistol, more blunderbusses. The hair of both rises on their heads. One (left) is in uniform, the other (right), who is smaller, wears fashionable civilian dress with tasselled Hessian boots. A scroll extends above their heads inscribed: 'Did you mean to Offend me? indeed Sir not I.--indeed Sir I'm very glad on't!!!' A spectator (right) looks over the edge of the pit, holding a bowl from which he blows soap bubbles, which float over the head of the civilian. The bubble in the pipe is inscribed 'Puff', suggesting a publicity campaign."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Direful courage of Dolla Lolla
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Portal & Bridges 1802.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1810 by S.W. Fores, Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Dueling, Fear, Guns, Military uniforms, British, and Pipes (Smoking)
Bird of passage lately discovered in France and supposed to be the most crafty of its species
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Chairs: French Throne -- Crowns -- Male Costume: French., Watermark: Portal & Bridges 1802., and Print is numbered '263' in contemporary ms.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Williamson, 20 Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824
