Peint par Demarne de l'Académie Royal de Peinture. Par D**** [Devisme].
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 340 x 425mm (13½ x 16¾"), large margins.
'Valour repaid.' A French propaganda piece, suggesting that Charles Hector, comte D'Estaing, honoured the bravery of the garrison of Fort St George when they surrendered. In fact, the terms D'Estaing proposed were so harsh that the British Governor Lord Macartney preferred to surrender unconditionally, losing any protection a deal would bring.
[Ref: 51255] £450.00
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. 340 x 425mm (13½ x 16¾"), large margins.
'Valour repaid.' A French propaganda piece, suggesting that Charles Hector, comte D'Estaing, honoured the bravery of the garrison of Fort St George when they surrendered. In fact, the terms D'Estaing proposed were so harsh that the British Governor Lord Macartney preferred to surrender unconditionally, losing any protection a deal would bring.
[Ref: 51255] £450.00