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Object Type
Museum number: 1877,0609.1953
Title: Object: The French Conscript
Description: Scene outside a thatched cottage, where a mother trhows her arms around her son's neck, the father clasps his hand, and two sisters watch sadly as he is led away by two French soldiers in blue coats and a drummer to join the army, after Stothard. 1800 Hand-coloured mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: John Young (also publisher); After: Thomas Stothard
School/style
Production date: 1800
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: mezzotint; colour
Dimensions: Height: 508 millimetres; Width: 628 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: military; french
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1877
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1877,0609.1953

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