File:The Great Dumourier taking French leave of the Netherlands (BM 1868,0808.6287).jpg
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The Great Dumourier taking French leave of the Netherlands
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Print made by: William Dent
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The Great Dumourier taking French leave of the Netherlands |
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English: A thin, grotesque French officer flees in terror with outstretched arms from the beak of a bird (left) which is about to peck his posteriors. He is a sansculotte, without breeches, wearing a military coat and ruffled shirt. His hair and long pigtail fly out behind him; his cocked hat flies off; the cockade is inscribed 'Ca ira', ironically translated 'Go it'. Before him (right) the rear ranks of the French army are seen running away at full speed, but in orderly formation. Dumouriez says: "Dam the Rotterdamers! Dam the Amsterdamers! neither Breakfast nor Breeches obtained - and no more pickings in Belgia, but my Rear in danger of being pickt by the Imperial Eagle." The bird resembles a goose more than an eagle except for its predatory beak. The French troops say: "Go it - Master's limbs are on full Stretch its the Devil take the hindmost - this is running in the Old French Style." April 1793
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| Depicted people | Representation of: Charles François Dumouriez | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1793 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1868,0808.6287 |
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) A satire on the evacuation of the Netherlands by the French after the defeat of Neewinden. This was not a flight, but the result of an informal armistice on 23 Mar. between Dumouriez and the Prince of Coburg. J. H. Rose and A. M. Broadley, 'Dumouriez and the Defence of England', 1909, p. 175, and BMSats 8313, 8322, 8324. Muller, No. 5223. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6287 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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