Sans-culottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty [graphic].

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Title: Sans-culottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty [graphic].
Alternative Title: Sansculottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 January 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 12st [sic], 1793, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: At the center of the sheet stands John Bull, hands clasped in prayer, as Sheridan and Fox force the bread of liberty into his wide open mouth as they pick his pocket. On either side of the three stands a gallows and the Temple Bar. In each of the four corners in similar scenes, labelled clockwise from upper left, Holland, Savoy, German & Prussia, red-capped French sansculottes try to force the bread of liberty down recognizable national stereotypes from these four nations as they loot the terrfied citizens
Description: Title from text in image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge.
Provenance: Peter Murray Hill, Chelsea, London ; Dec. 1960 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 30.4 x 37 cm, on sheet 31 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic): John Bull (Symbolic character)
Girondists
Sansculottes
Liberty
Liberty cap
Popes
History
Foreign relations
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Girondists > Caricatures and cartoons
Sansculottes > Caricatures and cartoons
Liberty
Liberty cap
Popes
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
France > Foreign relations > 1789-1815
England > 1793
England > London > 1793
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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