Rights of man alias French liberty alias entering volunteers for the republic [graphic]

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Title: Rights of man alias French liberty alias entering volunteers for the republic [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [7 May 1791, that is 1793?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. May 7, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: Three grotesque French officers forceably recruit a gang of emaciated, terrified-looking Frenchman. Of the several men who have been thrown over the back of a horse, one has had a pole thrust into his posterior; at the top of the pole is a liberty cap. The wife and children of one man who has been tied to the back of the horse, cling in desperation to his ragged clothes, as they are dragged along behind him
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Publication year possibly an engraver's error for 1793 as the Republic was not proclaimed until 22 September 1792 and while the first execution by guillotine took place in April 1792, it was, early on, called La Louisette. See C.D. Hazen's French Revolution (1932), i., page 384 and British Museum catalogue v. 6, no. 7853.
Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen a compleate model of the guilotine [sic], also the largest collection of caracaturs [sic] in the Kingdm., the head & hand of Count Streuenzee, &c. Admit. 1.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Watermark: F & P.
Provenance: Sanders ; 1961.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Subject (Topic): History
Foreign public opinion, British
Guillotines (Punishment)
Liberty cap
Starvation
Subjects: France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Caricatures and cartoons
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Foreign public opinion, British
Guillotines (Punishment)
Liberty cap
Starvation
England > 1793
England > London > 1793

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