Supposed to be a correct representation of a Mamaluke chief [graphic] : from a sketch by a French officer by whom he was taken prisoner.

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Title: Supposed to be a correct representation of a Mamaluke chief [graphic] : from a sketch by a French officer by whom he was taken prisoner.
Published / Created: 1798 December 1
Copyright Date: [1 December 1798]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humprey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "The Mameluke rides (right to left) an ill-drawn galloping horse, holding the rein in his teeth. In his right hand is a sabre, with the left he fires a pistol; at his back is a quiver of arrows. Another pistol is thrust through his sash, from which hangs a sheath holding a battle-axe. The horse is curiously flecked in a manner which resembles a leopard-skin under the saddle. The title continues: 'from a Sketch by a French Officer by whom he was taken Prisoner'. Cf. BMSat 9360."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Formerly attributed to Gillray. See British Museum online catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 20 x 31 cm
Extent of Digitization: Completely digitized
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1798.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1798.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, attributed name.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9272 and Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 228