The National Assembly petrified. The National Assembly revivified [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The National Assembly petrified. The National Assembly revivified [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- National Assembly revivified
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [28 June 1791]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. June 28th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"A design in two compartments, one above the other, the figures in both being three quarter length. [1] A ragged French barber, in profile to the right, gesticulating and capering, says to six terror-stricken companions: "O sacre dieu! de King is escape! de King is escape". The foremost listener is a tailor, his shears stuck through the string of his apron, a measuring-tape round his shoulders, but wearing a cocked hat and sword. On the extreme left is a diminutive postboy. All are much caricatured with expressions denoting dismay. The barber wears a bag-wig, with a comb stuck in his hair; the others wear tricolour cockades in their hats. [2] Another group of ruffians listen with delight to a cook (left) who says, taking a pinch of snuff, and capering, "Aha! be gar, de King is retaken! Aha! Monsr Lewis is retaken! Aha!" In his cap is a tricolour cockade inscribed 'Liberty'; he wears over-sleeves, a spoon and fork are stuck through his apron-string, a string of frogs hangs from his belt. His most prominent listener is a shoe-black with a grotesquely wide grin, who stands, shoe in one hand, brush in the other. These much-caricatured ragamuffins are typical of the French republicans depicted by Gillray: at once ludicrous and horrible."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from text in image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges.
Temporary local subject terms: Flight to Varennes -- Recapture of Louis XVI -- French revolutionaries -- Trades: barbers -- Cooks -- Tailors -- Jockeys -- Black-shoe -- French soldiers -- Emblems: bonnet rouge -- French revolutionary cockade. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 41.7 x 29.5 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 791.06.28.01.1+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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
- 7773315
- Object ID (OID)
- 11138185