print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1867,0309.1303
- Title
- Object: Heroism of a French Soldier at Carrickfergus
- Description
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A soldier taking an infant from a woman in a doorway at left, in the street beyond at right a firing squad perform an execution; after Archer, illustration from an unidentified publication. 1794
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1794
- Dimensions
-
Height: 150 millimetres
-
Width: 100 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Acquisition notes
- The BM purchased at the sale from the prints sold in bundles rather than in individual lots. It bought lots 47, 106, 352 and 431 in their entirely. It also made selections from lots 1,2,3,5,11,49,50,75,93,107,108,115,116,162,358. It is not easy from the register to work out which prints belonged to which lot.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0309.1303