Recrues Angloia partant pour l'Amerique (English Recruits going to America)

Date1780

Attributed to J. Juillet

MediumBlack and white line engraving with etching and period hand color

DimensionsOH: 12 7/8" x OW: 18"; Plate H: 10 1/8" x W: 13 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1960-70

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Recrues Angloia partant pour l'Amerique/ Angliche Recruts going to to America"
Three motley conscripts have been lined up for inspection in a tavern yard under a sign of a wounded soldier. The inscription "Retour de l'Amerique, Pauvre Fortune" (Back from America, bad luck) on the sign presents a very pessimistic picture of what they can expect. Undisturbed by the affair, a young woman is resting against the side of the building mending breeches, presumably for one of the tattered group.

ProvenanceEx coll: H. Dunscombe Colt. Other known copies: none at this writing. This print was shown in the Halsey show at the New york Public Library, but did not go to Brown, or was not ;isted in his sale.