print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- J,1.95
- Title
- Object: The French seizure on the coast of Sussex
- Description
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Six French sailors attempt to drag a bull towards the seashore off which lies a ship flying the French flag. Four of them tug at the animal's tail, the other two at a rope round its neck. A French officer in the attitude of a fencer holds his sword to the bull's nose. In the foreground a sailor drags a stoutly-resisting sheep by a rope held over his shoulder while an officer pierces frogs with his sword. All have long pigtail queues, and the officers are foppishly dressed in the French manner. 18 January 1780
Etching
- Production date
- 1780
- Dimensions
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Height: 178 millimetres
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Width: 254 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', V, 1935)
Another impression (Colley's publication line partly erased): "Pub: Jan. 18. 1780. E. Hedges N° 92 Under the Royal Exchange Cornhill"
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1818
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- J,1.95
