The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [16 February 1793]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
-
The head of Louis XVI lies on the platform at the base of a guillotine, his hands tied behind his back, blood pouring from the blade and his head. The swirls of blood ascend and swirl around the guillotine like clouds of smoke and etched in this cloud are a long speech pleading for justice from the British nation and beginning: Wither, O wither shall my blood ascend for Justice? My throne is seized on by my murderers ...
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Two lines of text above image: This exact representation of that instrument of French refinement in assassination, the guillotine, is submited to the "Gentlemen of the Phalanx" & other well-wishers to the King & Constitution of Great Britain, by their devoted servants at command, The Assassins of the King of France.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.3 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 38.1 x 27.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 3 of 12. - Provenance
- From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 34.6 x 25.6 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
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)
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France
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
- Subject (Topic)
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Death and burial
Decapitations
Executions
Guillotines (Punishment)
History
Foreign relations - Subjects
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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 > Death and burial
Decapitations
Executions
Guillotines (Punishment)
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
Great Britain > Foreign relations > France > 1789-1815
England > 1793
England > London > 1793
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
- Catalog Record
- 7941481
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811407
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