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James Gillray
1756-1815
Spanish-patriots attacking the French-banditti : loyal Britons lending a lift / Js Gillray invt. & fect.
[London] : Published August 15th 1808 - by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street, [1808]
etching, hand colored
image: 265 x 382 mm; trimmed sheet: 276 x 391 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.250
Notes
A satire on the defeat of the French at Bailén in July 1808.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a battle scene with the Spanish forces driving the French troops before them, assisted by monks and nuns who wield daggers and man a cannon, while a bishop rides with troops holding a sword and crosier and a British grenadier bayonets French soldiers. The Spanish soldiers advance in close formation, holding banners which read: 'La Morte ou la Victoire'; 'Vive le Rot Ferdinand VII'; 'Sainte Vierge' with the Virgin, with a sword in her right. hand and the Child in her left. arm; 'Victoire Espagnol'; and 'Vive la Libert[é]'.
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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