French Generals retiring on account of their health; with Lepaux presiding in the Directorial Dispensary
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Title
French Generals retiring on account of their health; with Lepaux presiding in the Directorial Dispensary
Subject
Larevellière-Lépeaux sits in a disordered quack doctor's room, in the presence of seven wounded French generals, one of them vomiting; representing French defeats in 1799 and Bonaparte's failed imperial ambitions in the east. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
Description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 26 x 36.2 cm
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Source
Wellcome
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/tztchawh
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/tztchawh
Publisher
[London] (St. James Street) : H. Humphrey, 20 June 1799.
Contributor
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VII, London 1942, no. 9403
Collection
Citation
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
, “French Generals retiring on account of their health; with Lepaux presiding in the Directorial Dispensary,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/206.