Francis II and Mack drive rapidly uphill and to the left in a car drawn by four horses (left). A signpost in the foreground points (left) 'To Vienna' and (right) 'To ye Rhine'. They are pursued by two horsemen, the foremost being Cornwallis, galloping on the extreme right. Cannon and tents on a hill above them indicate a camp.
<p><br>In the foreground lies a Habsburg eagle; one head and tail-feathers have been shot off; beside it (right) lies a fallen standard. The Emperor holds up both arms, a feathered crown falls from his head; he says: "O Mack, Mack is this the triumph you promised me! Why my imperial diadem is off - infamy &amp; ruin - Vienna itself may be Jacobinised." To his pursuers he cries: "No, no, you dont get us to stop yet depend upon it indeed, indeed we dont want to go to Paris."  Mack says to the postilion: "Drive on, drive on, we must be safe, before I can chalk out another road to Paris."  Cornwallis shouts, with outstretched arm: "Hola! stop, stop, We are friends - you may hear of something to your advantage - my name is Corn--w--ll--s, Zounds I have follow'd you till I'm tired to death." A 'Subsidy' projects from his pocket. His companion says: "My Lord give up the business, you'l never get at them - every thing they hear, even the cracking of their whips sounds like a French Army".  Beneath the title: 'The imperial visit to the Rhine.  The Indian Hero in pursuit of the Knight of the Black eagle.'  June 1794
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1794<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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