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Description: | RH inscr. on plate b.l."Ifrael excud. cum Privil. Re."; inscr. on plate b.l." Ce metal que Pluton dans les veines enferre, / Qui faict en mefme temps, et la paix, et la guerre,"; inscr. on plate b.c. "Attire le foldat, fans, creinte des dangers, / Du lieu de fa naifsance, aux Pais eftranger"; inscr. on plate b.r. "Ou feftant embarque pour fuivre la Milice / Il faut que la vertu f'arme contre le vice. 2"
CRE CALLOT, Jacques; (French; 1592-1635) PRINT Henriet, Israel; (French; c.1590-1661) State II/III and number 2 in a series of 18 prints illustrating war in general, with particular emphasis on the vicissitudes of the common soldier. The translation of its inscription is: "This metal which Pluto creeps in the veins, / Which begets in the same time, and peace, and war, / Attracts the soldier, without fear of dangers, / From his place of birth, to foreign Countries / Where having gone abroad to follow the Milice / Vertu has to arm itself against the vice. | 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: | TROOP : ENROLMENT : WAR : CASTLE : MISERY OF WAR : SET : ARMY : FANTASY TO NIGHTMARE : | 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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