print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.6281
- Title
- Object: Dumourer & his aid du camp on full march to seal up the papers of the Prince of Orange. By order of the convention but prevented by messers frog & co-
- Description
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Dumouriez, followed by a tall and ragged sansculotte, marches aggressively towards a low barricade (left), behind which are frog-soldiers presenting their bayonets at the invaders. Dumouriez, foppishly dressed in regimentals, but with bare legs, his shirt confined by a sash, holds against his shoulder an enormous seal. He says, holding out his right hand, "Monsr Orange, I will seal up your Papers, & take care of your Cash". From his pocket hangs a scroll: 'New Laws for Holland Prepar'd by the Convention'. His 'aid du Camp' holds against his shoulder a gigantic piece of sealing-wax inscribed 'Fyn Se gelak wel brand en vart. houd', in his right hand is a large lighted candle or taper. He says, "Aha. Monr Grenouille I wou'd rather eat you than fight." He is perhaps Miranda, Dumouriez' second in command. 13 March 1793.
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1793
- Dimensions
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Height: 229 millimetres
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Width: 333 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942)
Dumouriez, in February, was threatening an invasion of Dutch Flanders and Zeeland, relying on the help of the Dutch patriots (see BMSat 7172, &c, and BMSat 8314). This was prevented by lack of food and transport and by English assistance (naval and military) to the Dutch (under the treaty of 1788) which blocked invasion at the Hollandsdiep. Dumouriez' withdrawal to the main French army in Belgium (9 Mar.) marks the abandonment of his Dutch scheme, which was ended by the defeat of Neerwinden, 18 Mar. (see BMSat 8321, &c). 'Cambridge Hist. of British Foreign Policy', i. 233-4, 239. J. H. Rose and A. M. Broadley, 'Dumouriez and the Defence of England', 1909, pp. 161 ff. (reproduction, p. 184). See BMSats 8290, 8299, &c, 8314, p. 19.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.6281