A member of the French War Department raising forses[sic] to conquer all the world [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A member of the French War Department raising forses[sic] to conquer all the world [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Member of the French War Department raising forses to conquer all the world
Member of the French War Department raising forces to conquer all the world - Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
- Aitken, James, active 1788-1802, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [2 November 1793]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Novr. 2, 1793, by J. Aiken, No. 14 Castle St., Leicester Square
- Abstract
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"The Frenchman sits in profile to the left, on the knee of the Devil (right), who kneels on one knee to support him, and steadies him by encircling his body with his right arm. The Devil is nude and muscular, with large feathered wings; he grins delightedly, left arm raised. His protégé, who is ragged but fashionable and not a sans-culotte, though wearing a bonnet-rouge, holds on his knee a frothing chamber-pot, and blows soap-bubbles from a long pipe. Other bubbles of varying sizes float to the left, filled with close ranks of infantry and inscribed with their places of destination. 'Old England' issues from the pipe; the others are: 'Vienne', 'Flanders' (the largest), 'Rome', 'Prussia', 'Hanover', 'Amsterdam', 'Sardinia', 'Petersburg'. Beneath their feet are papers: 'Asignets'. The scene is near the coast; at the water's edge sit three (Dutch) frogs, their backs to the two figures, saying, "Oh Dear what can the matter be. I wish we was out of their Bloody clutches sure some infurnel Fiend Protect them." They face a burning town on the horizon."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop; June 1961;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25 x 35 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 793.11.02.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- France
- Subject (Topic)
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History
Bubbles
Chamber pots .
Devil
Frogs - Subjects
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France > History > Reign of Terror, 1793-1794
Bubbles
Chamber pots .
Devil
Frogs
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
- 7950087
- Object ID (OID)
- 10957399