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The surrender of Ulm or Buonaparte and General Mack coming to a right understanding

The surrender of Ulm or Buonaparte and General Mack coming to a right understanding
 1805

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
22.7 × 34.7 cm (image) 24.6 × 35.5 cm (plate) 27.7 × 28.5 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 10437; Wright & Evans 304
Printing/Publishing
published by Hannah Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: J.s (s in superscript above . ) Gillray inv & f-
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: Publishd Nov.r (r in superscript above . ) 6.th (th in superscript above . ) 1805. by H. Humphrey 27 S James,(…illeg.)
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: The Surrender of Ulm_or._Buonapartè & Gen.l (l in superscript above . ) Mack, coming to a right Underſtanding ,_ / _intended as a specimen of French Victories _ I:e_Conquering without Bloodshed !!! _
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.r.: There’s your Price! / There’s Ten Millions!_Twenty!! / it is not in my Army alone, that my / resources of Conquering consists!! / I hate Victory obtain’d by effusion of Blood!
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) c.: _and so do I too ! _ / what signifies Fighting / when we can settle it in / a Safer way!!!
printed in ink (in image) u.c.-l.r.: (text on flags, paper, label and sacks)
Accession Number
2418-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
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Gallery location
Not on display