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Description: | RH s. on plate b.r. "Callot fecit Ifrael excudit"; inscr. on plate b. l. " Cet exemple d'un Chef plein de reconnoifsance, / Qui punit les mechants et les bons recompance,"; inscr on plate b.c. "Doit picquer les foldats d'un aiguillon d'honneur, / Puis . que de la vertu, depend tout leur bonheur,"; inscr on plate b. r. "Et qu'ordinairement ils recoivent du vice, / La honte, le mefpris, et le dernier Supplice. 18" CRE CALLOT, Jacques; (French; 1592-1635) PRINT Henriet, Israel; (French; c.1590-1661) State III/IV and number 18 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:
"This exemple of a Commander full of gratefulness, / Who punishes the wicked and rewards the goods, / Must arouse the soldier's pride, / Considering that all their hapiness depends on vertu, / And that usually they incure from vice, / Shame, disdain, and Death" | 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: | COMMANDER : REWARD : WAR : VICTORY : BANNER : SOLDIER : HALBERD : SWORD : COURT : GUN : 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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