A party of unarmed french sansculottes (right) drive prussian troops before them, the last of the prussians and the most important figure in the design being the duke of brunswick. The french ragamuffins, who wear cocked hats and military coats, have bare thighs and ungartered stockings; they jeer at the duke, the foremost holding out to him a flask and a paper inscribed 'manifesto', saying, "no wonder de duke should run away when he has lost his spirits. " the others wave papers indicating the duke's manifesto, and inscribed 'd. B. ' or 'db manifesto'; one says, "now we'l play them the duke of brunswick's new march ca ira"; another says, "quel bougres des fire all over behind". French sansculotte troops in the background (right) have pikes or pitchforks. All the prussian soldiers, like their general, hold drawn sabres and are excreting. The duke, contorted with colic, says, "duke manifesto in a quondary oh dear i must let fly i can hold in no longer, these liberty dogs have gallop'd my guts out: i must for once in my life cry off off. " his troops, who wear the caps of death's head hussars, say, "by got dis new exercise was no agree wit my guts it was give us de thorogonimbles". Below the title is etched:
'for brunswick's duke with ninety thousand men
marchd into france and then------march'd out again' 16 october 1792. Hand-coloured etching. Date: 1792. Dimensions: Height: 246 mm; Width: 405 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Collection: British Museum. The new Prussian exercise or the allied armies distressed in their rears with a hint at the convenience of sans coulottes (BM 1868,0808.6226)
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