French liberty [graphic].
Found In:
Lewis Walpole Library > French liberty [graphic].
10957373
Description
- Title
- French liberty [graphic].
- Creator
- Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [approximately July 1793?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
An allegorical representation of France with Liberty as a young woman bound and being dragged from a temple, Libertas, by French soldiers to face a angry mob, two decapitated heads at the base of the stairs. One soldier breaks a staff with a liberty cap at the top. A woman kneels a fire which consumes a spinning wheel and is fed books carried by laborers. A crowd of artists, musicians, carpenters, smiths, weavers and other tradesmen are roughly pushed away from the temple by a soldier. In the background a church which has been turned into a theatre attracts a large crowd to a production of "The massacre at Paris."
- Description
-
Attributed to John Nixon. See British Museum catalogue, no. 8334.
Trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom.
One line of text below title: This print is most respectfully dedicated to every true hearted Briton who's a friend to his king and country.
Four lines from Churchill's poem, Independence, printed in two columns on each side of title: O thou poor country, weak and overpow'rd, By thine own sons, eat to the bone, devour'd ...
Nine lines of explanatory text below image: Liberty is torn from her temple by a hired band of ruffians ... .
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom with loss of contemporary ms. annotation. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop; June 1962;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 469 x 579 mm, on sheet 47 x 59 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 793.07.00.01++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
France
France. - Subject (Name)
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
- Subject (Topic)
-
History
Artists
Book burning
Decapitations
Demons
Destruction & pillage
Fools & jesters
Liberty
People associated with manual labor
Trade
Revolutions
Violence - Subjects
-
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
France > History > Insurrection, 1792
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
Artists
Book burning
Decapitations
Demons
Destruction & pillage
Fools & jesters
Liberty
People associated with manual labor
Trade
Revolutions > France
Violence > France
England > 1793
England > London > 1793
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7948065
- Object ID (OID)
- 10957373