Additional Makers
Publisher - Edward Orme; Print maker - Charles Turner
Description
Four men, Colonel Moulin, the Captains de Frotté, Girod and d'Hauteroche and a dog confined in a prison, one reading to the others from a book inscribed 'Baron Trench', sitting at a table, with beds at either side of the arched space and a kettle on a fireplace at left; after William Marshall Craig. 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint and etching.
Inscription
Lettered above image with line of verse: "Shake thy neck from this ignoble chain and boldly say thou art free!!", and below with description of the four men's confinement until their escape by tunnelling, production detail: "From a Drawing by W.M. Craig", "Engraved by C. Turner" and publication line: "London, Pubd. for the Proprietors, Octr. 16. 1809 by E. Orme, Printseller, Bond Street."
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
image © Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Château de Joux, La Cluse-et-Mijoux, Doubs, France
Country
France
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
People & Society