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James Gillray
1756-1815
"Tirailleur Francais et Chevau Leger de l'Armée du Pacha de Rhodes" : evolutions of French mounted riflemen / etched by Js. Gillray from the original intercepted drawing.
[London] : Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, [1799]
etching, hand colored
image: 243 x 355 mm; plate mark: 255 x 355 mm; sheet: 320 x 470 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.457
Notes
One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a magnificently mounted Turk raising his spear to transfix a ragged French soldier who is about to be thrown by his donkey. The Frenchman clutches his mount by the ear while his gun goes off accidently skyward.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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