English: Satirical portrait of Rear-Admiral Samuel Story; a stout man standing stockily to front, weeping, his left hand in his pocket, the other holding a paper inscribed 'The Traitors have refused to Fight'; he wears a blue costume with voluminous breeches buttoned down the sides, and a tricorne with tricolour cockade. 7 September 1799 Hand-coloured etching with stipple
Story's costume seems to combine the blue colour and the cockade of the French and the breeches of the Dutch. The satire refers to the Vlieter Incident in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, which took place on 30th August 1799; after a mutiny in the Dutch fleet, Story, a rear-admiral in the navy of the Batavian Republic, surrendered to the British navy. An impression of the print is held in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. RP-P-OB-86.742). See also BM Satires 9412-9414.
Additional lit: Frederik Muller, De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen: beredeneerde beschrijving van Nederlandsche historieplaten, zinneprenten en historische kaarten, 4 delen, F. Muller, Amsterdam 1863-1882, dl. III (jaren 1795 tot 1879), p. 37, nr. 5548.
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