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Brown, W
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[London] : Published May 30 1795 by W. Brown Rose Street, [1795]
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image: 206 x 295 mm; sheet: 222 x 320 mm
Peel 1788
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Title from item.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Satirical print possibly inspired by the retreat of the British troops under Prince Frederick, the Duke of York, from the Netherlands in Spring of 1795, at Britain's unsuccessful conclusion of the Flanders Campaign.
Not in George.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Satirical print possibly inspired by the retreat of the British troops under Prince Frederick, the Duke of York, from the Netherlands in Spring of 1795, at Britain's unsuccessful conclusion of the Flanders Campaign.
Not in George.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows a street peddler, full length and facing left, with a tray of plaster of paris figurines balanced on the top of his head; the figures represent soldiers marching behind an aristocratic figure (i.e., the Duke of York?) crowned with laurels, who is preceded by two figures wearing tunics and feather headresses and carrying axes or tomahawks; the soldiers carry a flag reading, "See the conquering hero comes", and the street seller is saying, "Who buy my march from Greenwich / Who buy my conquering Hero / It be worth one half crown, be de / exact representation / all plaister a Paris."
Associated names
Brown, W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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