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A great man in distress
Description
English: W.L. full-face portrait of an elderly man, wearing his own hair, a wide three-cornered hat, and a long old-fashioned coat. In his right. hand are a sword, a stick, &c, his left. is thrust under his coat into his breeches pocket. Beneath is engraved,



"II n'y a au monde que deux Heros
Le Roi de Prusse et le Chevalier Descassau.
In all the World, but Hero's two I know
Prussia's fam'd King & Marquis Descassau." 'Vide the Chevrs own Poetry'.

In another impression the face and hand are printed in red. To this has been added "Born 10 Augt 1710. Died 16 Feby 1775." 20 July 1772


Etching and soft-ground etching, printed in two colours
Depicted people Representation of: Michel Descazeaux du Hally
Date 1772
date QS:P571,+1772-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 221 millimetres
Width: 133 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.4479
Notes

This is a later state, with the dates of birth and death added, and the face printed in red.

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) A portrait of the Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, for many years a debtor in the Fleet and a well-known London character, his vanity, his poverty, his (so-called) poetry, and his eccentricities being a standing subject of jest for many years. See Grosley, 'Londres', 1770, i. 173 ff.; R. Malcolm, 'Curiosities of Biography', 1855. Three earlier portraits have been described in this catalogue: BMSat 2852 (1736), BMSat 3092 (1750), BMSat 3800 (1760). The "Chevr Descarceaux" [sic] is one of an etched group of caricature portraits including Long Sir Thomas Robinson, by General Sir Archibald Campbell (1739-91) in book of 'Honorary Engravers', i. fo. 162 (Print Department), which must be of an earlier date than 1772. He is drawn exactly as in this engraving [print], but in reverse. See also 'B. M. Catalogue of Engr. Br. Portraits'.

A reduced copy in line for a book illustration has a building with an outside staircase and in the distance Pegasus on Mount Helicon. It is surrounded by a border decorated with a trophy of crossed swords and armour.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4479
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