A Paris belle [graphic]

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Title: A Paris belle [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [26 February 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Feby. 26th, 1794, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "Design in an irregular oval. A woman (bust) glares fiercely to the left, her mouth closed and drawn down. Her cap and fichu are decked with tricolour ribbons, and in her cap is a dagger, point upward and dripping blood. Above the design: 'Des Tetes! - du Sang! - la Mort! - à la Lanterne! - à la Guillotine. - point de Reine! - Je suis la Dèesse de la Libertè [cf. BMSat 8350] - l'egalité! - que Londres soit brulê! - que Paris soit Libre!! - Vive la Guillotine! - '."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Companion print to: "A Paris beau."
Mounted on leaf 43 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 : oval image 13.3 x 12 cm, on plate 25.0 x 18 cm, on sheet 34.6 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1794
England > London > 1794
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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