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General Mack Scampering Back!, 29 January 1799

 Item — Box: LF104/5 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/5/58
General Mack Scampering Back!, 29 January 1799
General Mack Scampering Back!, 29 January 1799

Scope and Contents

Artist: Isaac Cruikshank. Published: S. W. Fores. Mack gallops, surrounded by cannon-balls, and with French soldiers with bayonets and a cannon at his heels (right). He wears a tall cap ornamented with skull and cross-bones and an enormous ostrich feather; his cape, queue, and many orders attached to ribbons stream behind him; he looks back with a terrified grimace. A double-headed Habsburg eagle flies off (left) holding two ribbons with orders attached: 'Rewards for emminent services'. The pursuing Frenchmen say: 'Holloa - Monsieur le Grand General, vat are you off already' and 'Aye, Aye he will live to fight more battles than any General ever known "For he that fights and runs away, May live to fight another day". Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 29 January 1799

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1.0 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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