A guardsman with a sword and stick asking "What the devil are you doing there?". Etching by R. Brichet, 1784 after J. F. de Göz.

  • Goez, Joseph Franz, Freiherr von, 1754-1815.
Date:
[1784]
Reference:
2954120i
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Description

He wears a similar costume to the captain of the guards' uniform in no. 22. In the right background is a castle

Publication/Creation

Augsbourg [Augsburg] : [Kaiserlich Franziskische Akademie], [1784]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 22.4 x 15.9 cm

Lettering

Le capitaine aux gardes. J.F. de Göz inv. et del. R. Brichet sculp. 1784 Bears number: 23

References note

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, département des estampes. Tome III, Paris 1934, p. 370, Brichet no. 7 (the set)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2954120i

Notes

The series of which this is a part is cited as: "Exércices d'imagination de differens caractéres et formes humaines", Paris 1784, and as "Die heutige sichtbare Körperwelt oder 100 Charakter ( - ) Züge derer denen Menschen [...] äusserlich kennbar werdender, innerlich verborgener guter - oder böser leidenschafftlicher Beschaffenheiten [...] Erfunden und gezeichnet von Joseph Franz von Göz. Herausgegeben und zu finden bey der gemeinschaftlichen Handlung der kays. franziszischen Reichsakademie Fr. K. und W. in Augsburg [...]", 1783-1785

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