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French Privateers, cruising in the English Channel

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Date

1792

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Published by - Carington Bowles

Description

Six French émigrés are grouped at the roadside beside a signpost (right) pointing (left) to 'London' and (right) to 'Dover'. A lean and elderly woman holding a clipped poodle stands with her left hand in the arm of a man wearing a cocked hat with a tricolour cockade, and a long coat reaching almost to his ankles; he holds a tasselled cane. Next him is a stout man wearing a long cloak, and a boy or dwarfish man. On the right are two women holding large muffs. A second clipped poodle runs beside them. In the background a coach (right) inscribed 'London Dover Canterbury' is driving towards London with outside passengers; one, a sailor, waves his hat. The gable end of a cottage (left) and trees complete the background; republished state. 4 June 1792. Hand-coloured mezzotint.

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Location

69 St. Paul's Churchyard, London, England

Country

England

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