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Description: | RH, volume s. on plate b.r. "Jac. Callot fecit"; inscr on plate b. c. "Ifrael exc. 1633 ."; inscr. on plate b. l. "A l'efcart des forefts, et des lieux folitaires / Bien loing de l'exercice et des foings militaires"; inscr. on plate b.c. "Ces infames Voleurs vivent en Affafsins / Et leur bras tout fanglant ne fe plaift quaux Larcins"; inscr on plate, b. r. "Tant ils font pofsedez, d'une cruelle envie / D'ofter aux voyageurs et les biens et la vie. 4".
AFTER CALLOT, Jacques; (French; 1592-1635) CRE LORRAIN, Claude; (French; 1600-1682) numero 8 in a series of 18 prints illustrating war in general, with particular emphasis on the vicissitudes of the common soldier. The translation of its inscriptions is:
"In remote spot of forests, and lonely places, / far away from military exercises and attention, / These infamous Thieves live as assassins / and their blood-stained arms only enjoys larceny / For they are possessed by such a crual desire / to take away life as well as goods." | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | TREE : THIEF : WAR : CARRIAGE : DEATH : ATTACK : SOLDIER : FEAR : PAYSANT : SET : VOLUME : MISERY OF WAR : COPY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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