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Scene from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe, c1850. Artist: Anon
Scene from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe, c1850. Munchausen, surprising artillerymen by arriving in their midst mounted on a cannon ball. From R.E.. Raspe et al The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, first published 1785. From a French edition c.1850. From a French edition c1850. From The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe. (Paris, c1850). First published London, 1785. Raspe (1737-1794), German scholar and adventurer, published these tall stories when in need to money while exiled in England. They were based on the tales that Karl Friedrich Hieronymous von Munchausen (1720-1797), German braggart and pathological liar, told about his time serving the Russian army fighting against the Turks.
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18th century
19th century
Adventure
ADVENTURER
Ammunition
Ann Ronan Pictures
Anon
anonymous
ARMAMENTS
Arrival
ARRIVING
Artillery
ARTILLERYMAN
ARTS
BANNER
Baron Munchausen
Book
Cannon
cannonball
CHROMOLITHOGRAPH
color
concept
country
eighteenth century
FICTION
fictional character
FLAG
FLAGS
Flying
German
Germany
Karl Friedrich Hieronymous von
Karl Friedrich Hieronymous von Munchausen
Literature
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
METAPHOR
Military personnel
MILITARY UNIFORM
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Novel
People
Print Collector1
ramrod
Raspe
Riding
Rudolph Erich
Rudolph Erich Raspe
Soldier
soldiers
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Surprise
SURPRISED
tall story
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
WARFARE
Wars
Weapon, Military
WEAPONRY
WEAPONS