An artistocrat [graphic].

Description

Title: An artistocrat [graphic].
Creator: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [2 September 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Sepr. 2, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N.3 Piccadilly
Abstract: Full length view of a very sad looking French aristocrat, facing the viewer with his hat under his left arm and a copy "Burke on the French Revolution" in his right hand. From his right pocket, a paper entitled "Capture of the French King." In the foreground left, a pile of medals and ribbons (symbols of royal orders) is labeled "Sacred to the National Assembly."
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from companion print: A Democrat.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Countermark: I A.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 31.2 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 32 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
France.
Subject (Name): Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic): Captivity
History
Foreign public opinion, British
Upper class
Subjects: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 > Captivity
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Foreign public opinion, British
Upper class > France
England > 1791
England > London > 1791

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