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A Scene at Boulogna or Needs must when the Devil Drives, [1803 - 1804]

 Item — Box: LF104/7 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/7/61
A Scene at Boulogna or Needs must when the Devil Drives, [1803 - 1804]
A Scene at Boulogna or Needs must when the Devil Drives, [1803 - 1804]

Scope and Contents

Artist: Anonymous. Published: Anonymous. Plate from the 'Satirist', ix. 341. A scene on the shore. Napoleon (left), sword in hand, drives forward a marine whom he holds by his long pigtail, saying, "Rascal—F—e, go fight dem dam English"; the man answers: "Sire me like fight men dem English be Diables." He wears a shako, military tunic, trousers, and slippers. In the foreground grenadiers with fixed bayonets drive a naval officer and sailors towards a ship's boat, into which one tumbles. The trembling and reluctant officer, who wears a feathered bicorne and holds a telescope, says: "Allons a Gloire!" The sailors are rough-looking men wearing bonnets rouges with shirts and trousers; three act as boatmen, two saying, "Oh! by Gar! dey vill eat us all up," and, "Ah mon dieu." On the horizon two British ships are firing, a third stands by. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: [1803 - 1804]

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1.0 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

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