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Description: | RH s. on plate b.r. "Ifrael ex. Cum Privil. Reg."; inscr. on plate b. l. "Ceux que Mars entretient de fes actes mefchans / Accomodent ainfi les pauvres gens des champs"; inscr on plate b. c. "Ils les font prifonniers ils bruflent leurs villages, / Et fur le beftail mefme exercent des ravages,"; inscr on plate b. r. "Sans que la peur des Loix non plus que le devoir, / Ny les pleurs et les cris les puifsent efmouvoir. 7". CRE CALLOT, Jacques; (French; 1592-1635) PRINT Henriet, Israel; (French; c.1590-1661) State II/ III and number 7 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:
"Those with whom Mars shares his evil acts / Treat this way the unfortunate people of the fields / They make them prisonners, they burn their villages, / And even make havoc on the cattle, / Without being touched by the fear of Laws, or duty, / Or cries or screams " | 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 : DESTRUCTION : WAR : CHURCH : VILLAGE : BURNING : SOLDIER : FEAR : SMOKE : PAYSANT : MISERY OF WAR : SET : | 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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