Constitution d'Angleterre [graphic].

Description

Title: Constitution d'Angleterre [graphic].
Published / Created: [approximately 1789]
Publication Place: France
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Satire against England: Pitt strides forward holding a flag next to a crown, while chained figures cringe at his feet, and a scaffold and executioner occupy the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Title continues: ... ou le triomphe du ministre Pitt, foulant aux pieds la couronne d'Angleterre, d'une main il tient une hache et les chaines dont il a su charger la Nation et le Roi, de l'autre il porte le drapeau de l'esclavage; les impots et les echafauds sont les moyens qu'il employe pour soutenir son pouvoir chancelant.
French original, later copied by Gillray, dated 1789 by the Bibliotheque Nationale presumably based on its place in a collection by an artist who gathered prints at the time, Michel Hennin.
Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.3 x 16 cm, on sheet 24 x 19 cm
Language: French

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Aquatints England London 1789
Material: etching & aquatint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic): History
Public opinion
Foreign relations
Axes
Calumets
Chains
Crowns
Gallows
Punishment devices
Shackles
Subjects: Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Public opinion
Great Britain > Foreign relations > France > Caricatures and cartoons
Axes
Calumets
Chains
Crowns
Gallows
Punishment devices
Shackles
England > 1789
England > London > 1789

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