Murat reviewing the grand army!!!!!!

General Murat (l.), astride an emaciated horse, looks over his left shoulder to review a rag-tag group of soldiers made up of invalids and shoeless bumpkins. The soldiers stand in a line at the right side of the image; many are amputees and veterans of the French Revolution and previous wars. Not only are the new recruits in sorry shape, but also Murat's horse is a half-starved nag. The words "Boney Part" are inscribed on its rear flank. General Murat (l.), astride an emaciated horse, looks over his left shoulder to review a rag-tag group of soldiers made up of invalids and shoeless bumpkins. The soldiers stand in a line at the right side of the image; many are amputees and veterans of the French Revolution and previous wars. Not only are the new recruits in sorry shape, but also Murat's horse is a half-starved nag. The words "Boney Part" are inscribed on its rear flank. Published by Walker and Knight, January, 1813 British Museum, BM 12002. George notes that this sheet caricatures the dismay Murat expressed when he encountered his newly assigned troops. Murat took control after Dec. 15, 1812, only to resign and flee to Naples one month later on January 18. Caption: Pubd Jany 1813 by Walker & Knight Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange Dialogue: Murat: "If I be not asham'd of my soldiers I'll be D____d. By Gar they are truly miserable! The very scum of the Earth: the Refuse of Mankind, the Sweepings of Hospitals & Workhouses! Dunghill Cocks, not fit to carry guts to a Bear!! Wretches with Hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins heads. Slaves as ragged as Lazarus--there isn't half an inch of shirt amongst them all!! Zounds the Russians will think I have unloaded all the Gibbets, & prest the dead bodies, but. however the Crows & the Cossacks will soon put an end to them..." Label(s): Boney Part