"Tirailleur Francais et Chevau Leger de l'Armée du Pacha de Rhodes" : evolutions of French mounted riflemen / etched by Js. Gillray from the original intercepted drawing.

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James Gillray
1756-1815
"Tirailleur Francais et Chevau Leger de l'Armée du Pacha de Rhodes" : evolutions of French mounted riflemen / etched by Js. Gillray from the original intercepted drawing.
[London] : Pubd March 12th, 1799, by H Humphrey, St James's Street, [1799]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.457
Published: 
[London] : Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, [1799]
Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Notes: 

One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member.

Summary: 

Print shows a magnificently mounted Turk raising his spear to transfix a ragged French soldier who is about to be thrown by his donkey. The Frenchman clutches his mount by the ear while his gun goes off accidently skyward.

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Gillray, James
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints