A Dose for Dumourier: Evacuation of Holland and Brabant or Evacuation de la Hollande et du Brabant

Hand-colored engraved caricature. 'Dumouriez runs forward (right to left), holding out his sword in his left hand, a paper in his right inscribed 'Je Crains Citoyens de vous enuier par le recit de mes Victoires Dumourier'. He sheds tears and vomits a stream of church plate, coins, and fortresses inscribed, respectively, 'Anvers', 'Bruxelles', 'Louvain'. He urinates a stream in which are three other fortresses: 'Klundert', 'Breda', 'Gertruidenberg'. Two stout Dutchmen on the extreme right, standing on a fortification, urinate over the heads of intermediate soldiers on to Dumouriez' large cocked hat, from which two streams fall to the ground. An Austrian officer with a drawn sabre (probably Coburg) rides after Dumouriez, behind him advance grinning and mustachioed Austrian infantry with muskets, saying: "ah Ca ira Ca ira". In the foreground, behind Dumouriez, is an officer holding a large syringe inscribed 'la [ ?] seringue De Clerfait'; he grins exultantly. On the extreme right are a cannon and a pyramid of cannon-balls inscribed 'Pilulles Purgatives pour les Salsaottes [ ? Sansculottes] francais'. In the foreground in front of Dumouriez lies a woman, stabbed to the heart, holding the (broken) staff and cap of Liberty. She is 'la vraie Liberie Morte'. In the distance (left) are fleeing soldiers. Beneath the design: 'Evacuation of holland and Brabant or Evacuation de la hollande et du Brabant.' -- British Museum Hand-colored engraved caricature. 'Dumouriez runs forward (right to left), holding out his sword in his left hand, a paper in his right inscribed 'Je Crains Citoyens de vous enuier par le recit de mes Victoires Dumourier'. He sheds tears and vomits a stream of church plate, coins, and fortresses inscribed, respectively, 'Anvers', 'Bruxelles', 'Louvain'. He urinates a stream in which are three other fortresses: 'Klundert', 'Breda', 'Gertruidenberg'. Two stout Dutchmen on the extreme right, standing on a fortification, urinate over the heads of intermediate soldiers on to Dumouriez' large cocked hat, from which two streams fall to the ground. An Austrian officer with a drawn sabre (probably Coburg) rides after Dumouriez, behind him advance grinning and mustachioed Austrian infantry with muskets, saying: "ah Ca ira Ca ira". In the foreground, behind Dumouriez, is an officer holding a large syringe inscribed 'la [ ?] seringue De Clerfait'; he grins exultantly. On the extreme right are a cannon and a pyramid of cannon-balls inscribed 'Pilulles Purgatives pour les Salsaottes [ ? Sansculottes] francais'. In the foreground in front of Dumouriez lies a woman, stabbed to the heart, holding the (broken) staff and cap of Liberty. She is 'la vraie Liberie Morte'. In the distance (left) are fleeing soldiers. Beneath the design: 'Evacuation of holland and Brabant or Evacuation de la hollande et du Brabant.' -- British Museum Oblong medium folio; margins trimmed. New York, Walter Schatzki, 1964. Caption: Anvers, Bruxelles, Louvain Caption: Pub. April 11, 1793 by S. W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly where may be seen a modle [sic] of this guillotine 6 feet high also the head and hand of a Count ... admittance one shilling