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Description: | RH s. on plate b.l. "Ifrael exc. cum Privil. Reg."; inscr. on plate b. l. " Que du pauvre soldat deplorable eft la chance!/ Quant la guerre finit, fon mal-heur recomence;"; inscr on plate b.c. "Alors il eft contraint de f'en aller gueulant, /Et fa mendicite faict rire le paifant, "; inscr on plate b. r. "Qui maudit fon abord, et tient pour une injure/De voir l'obiet prefant des peines qu'il endure 16" CRE CALLOT, Jacques; (French; 1592-1635) PRINT Henriet, Israel; (French; c.1590-1661) State II/II and number 16 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: "How deplorable is the luck of the unfortunate soldier! /When the war is over, his misfortune starts again; / Thus he has to leave protesting loudly, / And his beggary amuses the peasant, / Who curses his compagny, and considers it an insult / To see present the liable for the troubles he undergoes." | 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 : WOUNDED : WAR : BEGGAR : DEATH : SOLDIER : TREE : PRIEST : DEATH : EXTREME UNCTION : MISERY OF WAR : SET : 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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