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1. The fruition of Nantes, or, The vision interpreted [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 July 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.07.15.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Five British sailors make a furious attack on six French soldiers, grotesque and terrified creatures, whom the sailors humiliate and insult. Their officer (left), who holds a British flag, is threatened by a sailor with clenched fists, and excretes, terrified. A sailor with a scourge slashes the bared posteriors of a Frenchman who grovels on the ground, saying, "oh le pauvre Commandant"; he says, "Now foutre you'l take 2 Merchants Ships for a fleet of Men of War again". A Frenchman, nearly throttled by an angry sailor, cries "Ca-ira Ca-ira". A sailor pulls the queue of the drummer, to whom he offers a piece of tobacco, saying, "here you B--g--r heres a stale Quid for you Instead of Hartshorn". A sailor on the extreme right pulls the queue of a Frenchman and raises his club to strike; the latter says, "oh Diable we was Make de Dam Mistake Parblue". The sailor answers, "aye aye D------n Your Eyes Ill make you Blue and Black too". In the background (left) are buildings inscribed 'Nantes'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vision interpreted
- Description:
- Title etched below image., A satire about an incident at Nantes, 29 June 1791., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 15, 1791, by S. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Nantes (France), France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Relations, Arms & armament, Defecation, Drums (Musical instruments), Fighting, Flags, British, National emblems, Rifles, Sailors, French, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fruition of Nantes, or, The vision interpreted [graphic]