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Campement de Volontaires Anglais, visites par Pitt.
Campement de Volontaires Anglais, visites par Pitt.
Fr. Novelli Ven. defs. gravie par Ang. Zaffonato.
[n.d. c.1794]
Scarce hand-coloured stipple, sheet 310 x 395mm (12¼ x 15½") Trimmed within plate.
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) visits the encampment of the British Volunteer Corps and interacts with the soliders. The Volunteer Corps was a British military reserve force raised in 1794 during the War of the First Coalition, providing internal security and defence against the threat of French invasion. Most units were disbanded in 1814, while the cavalry continued as the Yeomanry Cavalry. Angelo Zaffonato (fl.1780s-d.c.1835) was a stipple engraver that mostly worked for the Remondini in Bassano, mostly pirating English stipples.
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Il Principe Ragozzi che fugge vestito da donna dalla fortezza di Neustat, e va a far ribellare lUngheria.
Il Principe Ragozzi che fugge vestito da donna dalla fortezza di Neustat, e va a far ribellare lUngheria. Le Prince Ragozzi qui s'enfait déguisé en habit d'une femme da la forteresse de Neustat et il va a faire révolter la Hongerie.
Novelli inv.
Ap. Antonio Zatta e Figli. G.Z.s. [Venice c.1780.].
Engraving, very scarce. Sheet 335 x 400mm, 13¼ x 15¾". Trimmed within plate, some creasing and wear; small tear at top.
A scene from the life of Francis II Rákóczi (1676-1735), leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Austrian Habsburgs, 1703-11). Brought up under Austrian supervision, he was arrested when secret dealings with the French were uncovered in 1700. Sent to the fortress of Wiener Neustadt, it was expected that his trial would end with his death, but, with the aid of his wife, he managed to escape (whether in women's clothes, as shown here, or not, is unclear), fleeing to Poland. When the War of the Spanish Succession broke out in 1704 the Hungarian rebellion began, but it floundered when the Battle of Blenheim made french support evaporate. In 1711 he again went into exile, settling in Turkey. He remains a hero in Hungary. Antonio Zatta & Son, important publishers in Venice, have given the scene a very contemporary look, perhaps reflecting their current problems with the Austrians.
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