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"Mamlouk, et hussard republicain",- General result of Buonaparte's Attack upon Ibrahim Bey's Rear Guard.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: James Gillray

Published by: Hannah Humphrey
Title
"Mamlouk, et hussard republicain",- General result of Buonaparte's Attack upon Ibrahim Bey's Rear Guard.
Description
English: A French hussar on a sorry horse flees before a well-mounted Mameluke (cf. BMSat 9272), with a sabre in each hand, who rides him down. The Frenchman (left) turns in his saddle to hold out defensively a sabre whose blade is inscribed 'Vaincre ou Courir'; he spurs his horse viciously. His enemy rides in heel-less slippers, one rein in his teeth, the other on the horse's neck, two pistols on cords fly out behind him. The expressions of the horses reflect those of their masters: abject terror and fierce confidence. 12 March 1799
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French
Date 1799
date QS:P571,+1799-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 260 millimetres
Width: 378 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.6830
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) See BMSat 9355, &c. The print probably satirizes a passage from a letter on the retreat of Ibrahim Bey from Cairo to Syria: 'on l'a poursuivi inutilement; on a néanmoins atteint son arrière-garde, qui s'est supérieurement battu, et qui ne s'est pas laissé entamer, de sorte qu'on l'a laissé continuer tranquillement sa route.' 'Copies of Original Letters . . .', Part ii, p. 180.

Grego, 'Gillray', p. 257. Wright and Evans, No. 226. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. Listed by Broadley.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6830
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