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James Gillray
1756-1815
The coming on of the monsoons, or, The retreat from Seringapatam
[London] : Pubd. Decr. 6th 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1791]
etching, hand colored
image: 216 x 274 mm; plate mark: 223 x 274 mm; sheet: 239 x 298 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.159
Notes
By James Gillray.
Below caption title: '"Whats the matter Falstaff" - "Whats the matter! here be Four of "us, have taken a City this morning - where is it? - where is it? where is it? "taken from us it is; a hundred Thousand, upon poor Four of us, I am a "rogue, if I was not at half-sword with a Thousand of them for two hours "together, I have escaped by miracle, I am eight times thrust through the "doublet, four through the hose, my buckler cut through & through, my Sword "hack'd like a hand-saw, I never dealt better since I was a man: all would "not do!'"
Below caption title: '"Whats the matter Falstaff" - "Whats the matter! here be Four of "us, have taken a City this morning - where is it? - where is it? where is it? "taken from us it is; a hundred Thousand, upon poor Four of us, I am a "rogue, if I was not at half-sword with a Thousand of them for two hours "together, I have escaped by miracle, I am eight times thrust through the "doublet, four through the hose, my buckler cut through & through, my Sword "hack'd like a hand-saw, I never dealt better since I was a man: all would "not do!'"
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Printed shows Cornwallis, wearing his Garter star mounted on an ass, fleeing in terror from a fortess from behind the battlements of which stands the Tipu Sultan. The Sultan is holding a sabre and urinating a devastating stream upon the fleeing British soldiers. Two cannon belch fire and smoke from loopholes and dead soldiers litter the ground.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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