DISCOVERART

Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London

Rehearsal of a French Invasion as Performed before the Invalids at the Islands of St Marcou on the Morning of the 7th of May 1798

May 18, 1798
Etching and aquatint
32.1 × 39 cm (12.6 × 15.4 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

Not currently on view

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

View at metmuseum.org ↗Plan a visit ↗

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More by Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London

Mr. Bullock's Exhibition of LaplandersMr. Bullock's Exhibition of LaplandersVive Le Roi! Vive L'Empereur. Vive Le Diable.Vive Le Roi! Vive L'Empereur. Vive Le Diable.Plate 35, from "World in Miniature"Plate 35, from "World in Miniature"A SulkyA SulkyDan-l. Lambert the Wonderful Great Pumpkin of Little Brittain [sic]Dan-l. Lambert the Wonderful Great Pumpkin of Little BrittaiA Brace of Public GuardiansA Brace of Public GuardiansPlate 33, from "World in Miniature"Plate 33, from "World in Miniature"Miseries of London: Going out to DinnerMiseries of London: Going out to Dinner

More like this

Battle of Saratoga, September 19, 1777Johann Martin Will|Horatio Gates|General John Burgoyne — BatAfter a Long March, Francesco I d'Este Passes with the River of Cassano with his Army, thus Causing Great Harm to the Spanish, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis)|Domenico Gamberti — After a Long MThe Battle, plate three from The Large Miseries of WarGerrit Lucasz van Schagen — The Battle, plate three from TheCombat between several rowboats and ships, two groups of men in rowboats fighting to left, two ships full of combatants to right, other ships and clouds of smoke in the background, from 'Set of eight nautical landscapes' (Suite de huit Marines)Stefano della Bella|Reverend J. Burleigh James — Combat betwNaval battle, a rowboat filled with people fighting with muskets to left, people drowning in the sea in the center and right foreground, a ship on its side and burning in the background, from 'Peace and War' (Divers desseins tant pour la paix que pour la guerre)Stefano della Bella|Israël Henriet — Naval battle, a rowboatFrancesco I d'Este Sets Out for the Seige of Cremona, Crosses the Trench Between Himself and the Spanish, and Takes the City with Great Force, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis)|Domenico Gamberti — Francesco I d'La Bataille (The Battle), from Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War), plate 3Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet — La Bataille (The Battle), frThe Seige of Alessandria Begins, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis)|Domenico Gamberti — The Seige of ANaval Battle with an English Ship Foundering on the Left, from Naval Battles (Nieuwe Scheeps Batalien), plate 5Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman — Naval Battle with an English Le Combat Naval (The Naval Battle), from Paysages Gravés pour Jean de Médicis appelées aussi Paysages Dessinés a Florence, Vues de Florence, Paysages d'Italie, et Paysages Définitifs (Landscapes Engraved for Giovanni de'Medici, Landscapes Designed in Florence, Views of Florence, Landscapes of Italy, and Definitive Landscapes)Israël Henriet|Jacques Callot|Don Giovanni de' Medici — Le CThe Battle, plate three from The Miseries of WarJacques Callot — The Battle, plate three from The Miseries oCavalry BattleJan Antony Langendijk — Cavalry Battle