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[Tristram Shandy] The Siege of Bergem Op Zoom.
Sterne Inv.t. J.W.ms Del et Sc.
Pub accor.g to Act April 1st. 1772 by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾").
Uncle Toby in his study re-enacting the siege in his living room, with a map hanging on the wall behind and a dog barking under the table. A scene from Laurence Sterne's nine-volume novel 'Tristram Shandy', 1759-67. In 1747, during the Austrian War of Succession, aa French army under the command of Löwenthal, captured the strategic Dutch border fortress of Bergen op Zoom.
[Ref: 14128] £220.00
Pub accor.g to Act April 1st. 1772 by MDarly (39) Strand.
Etching, 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾").
Uncle Toby in his study re-enacting the siege in his living room, with a map hanging on the wall behind and a dog barking under the table. A scene from Laurence Sterne's nine-volume novel 'Tristram Shandy', 1759-67. In 1747, during the Austrian War of Succession, aa French army under the command of Löwenthal, captured the strategic Dutch border fortress of Bergen op Zoom.
[Ref: 14128] £220.00