print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1876,1014.37
- Title
- Object: Prusian Bobadils, Returning to Berlin!!!!!!!
- Description
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A party of very unmilitary sansculottes (left) drive before them the Duke of Brunswick and the King of Prussia who are mounted on a sorry horse, back to back, tied together by their arms and their queues. They are without breeches, their coats have been cut off at the waist, and the saddle is spiked, drawing blood; both yell with pain. The Duke, who has long moustaches, wears a large cocked hat, and faces the animal's tail; the King wears his crown. To the horse's tail is tied a paper inscribed 'Manifesto'. Two of the Frenchmen carry the stained breeches of their victims on pikes. A third man holds a musket awkwardly over his shoulder, its bayonet pierces the cheek of a man whose head appears on the extreme left. Another Frenchman, unarmed, derisively takes a pinch of snuff. 26 October 1792
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1792
- Dimensions
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Height: 272 millimetres
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Width: 430 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', VI, 1938)
A satire on the boastful manifesto of the Duke of Brunswick and on his retreat from France after the battle of Valmy, see BMSat 8125, &c.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1993 May-Jun, Southampton City AG, Europeans in Caricature
1993 Jul-Sep, Bolton Museum & AG, Europeans in Caricature
1993 Oct-Nov, Newton Powys, Oriel 31, Europeans in Caricature
1994 Feb-Mar, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Europeans in Caricature
1994 May-Jul, Eastbourne, Towner AG, Europeans in Caricature
- Acquisition date
- 1876
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1876,1014.37
