The offering to Liberty [graphic].

Description

Title: The offering to Liberty [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Aitken, James, active 1788-1802, publisher.
Published / Created: [3 August 1789]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Aug. 3d, 1789, by J. Aitken, N. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Abstract: A cartoon illustrating the first reactions in England to the news of the fall of the Bastille. On the right, the radiant figure of Liberty sits enthroned on the ruins of the Bastille. Kneeling on one knee before her, Louis XVI holds up to her his crown; inscribed below him are the words "A repentant monarch." Following behind him are six figures in chains, each clearly identified: Orléans and Necker, Marie Antoinette, two German counselors, and a figure suggestive of Mrs. Schwellenberg. La Fayette and the ranks of the National Guard bring up the rear. All around them are cheering crowds
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
"Price 2 sh. plain."
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Watermark.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; March 1961;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24.2 x 61.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Etchings England London 1789
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Subject (Name): Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804
Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Bastille.
Subject (Topic): Liberty
History
Foreign public opinion, British
Subjects: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bastille
Liberty
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Foreign public opinion, British
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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