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Accession Number
B1977.14.21012(21)
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Title
The Coming-on of the Monsoons, or The Retreat from Seringapatam
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Date
1791
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Materials & Techniques
Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
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Dimensions
Binding: 25 3/8 inches (64.5 cm), Sheet: 25 3/8 × 19 inches (64.5 × 48.3 cm), Plate: 8 7/8 × 11 inches (22.5 × 27.9 cm), Image: 8 × 10 7/8 inches (20.3 × 27.6 cm)
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Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering
Lettered above image, upper center: "The coming-on, of the MONSOONS; -- or -- The Retreat from SERINGAPATAM. | Pubd. Decr. 5th 1791 by H. Humphrey No. 18, Old Bond Street."; below image, lower center: ""Whats the matter, Falstaff" -- Whats the matter! here be Four of us, have taken a City this morning. -- Where is it? -- Where is it? | "Where is it? taken from us, it is; a hundred Thousand, upon poor Four of us, I am a rogue, if I was not at half sword with a Thousand of them, for two hours together, I have escaped by | "miracle, I am eight times thrust through the doublet, four through the hose, my buckler cut through & through, my sword hack'd like a hand-saw, I never dealt better since I was a man: all would not do."; lower right: "21"
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Classification
Prints
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Collection
Prints and Drawings
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Associated Places
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Access
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
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