The French admiral on board the Euryalus [graphic] / Woodward del. ; Rowlandson scul.

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[11 December 1805]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.6 x 38 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 38 cm

Notes:

Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

Three British sailors invite the captured French Admiral to sit and eat with them: " Well come sit down and do as we do. We never bear malice toa Frenchman after we have thrash'd him". The Admiral remarks: "Ah! Ag, b'egar you site dam vell, but no vonder, you eat dam vel, and you drink dam vel!

Topics:

Eating & drinking.
Sailors--British.
Sailors--French.
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805.

Topics:

Great Britain.--Royal Navy--History--Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

Topics:

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1805.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1805.

Format:

Image

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8

Orbis Record:

12849055

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11792698

Citation:

Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 408

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11791894

PID:

digcoll:3996826