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La balle a frappé son amante / dessiné par le Barbier peintre du Roi ; gravé par L. Halbou.

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La balle a frappé son amante / dessiné par le Barbier peintre du Roi ; gravé par L. Halbou.

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Print shows the death of Molly, a scene from the fictional "Histoire de Seymour & de Molly." After the wedding ceremony joining Seymour and Molly, and as the wedding feast is about to begin, British troops burst upon the scene; the Americans flee into the woods, however, Molly receives a fatal wound.

Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil .... Bruxelles : 1782, v. 3 (atlas of plates, ports., ...), p. [17].
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 323.

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01/01/1782
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Halbou, Louis Michel, 1730-approximately 1809, engraver
Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François, 1738-1826, artist
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