Evacuation of Malta
Maker
(artist)
1757-1815
(engraver)
1757-1815
(publisher)
(active 1778-1822) (Life dates)
1757-1815
(engraver)
1757-1815
(publisher)
(active 1778-1822) (Life dates)
Title
Evacuation of Malta
Date of Production
9.2.1803
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 26 cm
Width: 36.2 cm
Width: 36.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4367
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
threat
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper left within image & recto : in speech bubble : All! all! -- you, Jean F_t_e! / and think yourself well off / that I leave you / Great Britain!!! //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre within image & recto : in speech bubble : Pray do not insist upon Malta! / I shall certainly be turned out! / and I have got a great many Cousins, / and Uncles, [ampersand] Aunts to provide for yet! //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right within image & recto : on speech bubble : My General, you had better / not get him turned out- for / we shall not be able to humbug them any more //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image & recto : on various pieces of excrement in hat : MALTA / EGYPT / St. Domingo / Cape of / Good Hope / Guadaloup / Martiniq //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Pubd. Feby 9th. 1803. by H. Humphrey St. James Street 42 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : EVACUATION OF MALTA. //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : right & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre within image & recto : in speech bubble : Pray do not insist upon Malta! / I shall certainly be turned out! / and I have got a great many Cousins, / and Uncles, [ampersand] Aunts to provide for yet! //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right within image & recto : on speech bubble : My General, you had better / not get him turned out- for / we shall not be able to humbug them any more //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image & recto : on various pieces of excrement in hat : MALTA / EGYPT / St. Domingo / Cape of / Good Hope / Guadaloup / Martiniq //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Pubd. Feby 9th. 1803. by H. Humphrey St. James Street 42 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : EVACUATION OF MALTA. //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : right & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
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