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Description: | RH s. on plate b.r. "Ifrael exc. cum Privil. Reg."; inscr. on plate b. l. " Apres plufieurs degaft par les soldats commis/ A la fin les paifants ont pour ennemis"; inscr on plate b. c. "Les guettent a l'efcart et par furprife / Les ayant mis a la mort les mettent en chemise,"; inscr on plate b.r. "Et fe vengent ainfi contre ces Malheureux / Des pertes de leurs biens, qui ne viennent que deux. 17" CRE CALLOT, Jacques; (French; 1592-1635) PRINT Henriet, Israel; (French; c.1590-1661) State II/III and number 17 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: "After several dammages commited by the soldiers,/ The peasants end up being their ennemies / They watch for an opportunity aside by surprise / Having killed them they undress them, / And take revenge this way against those unfortunates / as they can be the only one responsible for the loss of their properties " | 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 : VENGEANCE : SOLDIER : TREE : PEASANT : DEATH : VILLAGE : GUN : TAMBOURIN : 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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