"Heading to printed verses: 'A Ballad, Occasioned by a Certain Earl's styling himself a Sans Culotte Citizen in the House of Lords.' Stanhope, wearing a bonnet-rouge inscribed 'Liberty', tramples on a scroll inscribed 'A Deo et Rege', beside which lies his (overturned) earl's coronet. He capers bare-legged, his breeches flutter to the ground from his left hand. In his right is a tricolour flag inscribed 'Vive l Egalite'; the flagstaff is surmounted by an ass's head, which looks down at Stanhope, who looks ecstatically up at it, his head turned in profile to the left. Above the design: "---off, off, ye lendings." Stanhope, his coronet, breeches, and flag, are in full light, the rest of the design is in shadow, clouds forming a background. On the left three members of the House of Lords flee, their backs towards him: the Lord Chancellor (Loughborough), in hat, wig, and robes, as the Speaker of the Lords, carrying a document: 'Vote of the House of Lords One Dissentient Stan[hope]'. Next him is a judge carrying 'Magna Charta'; the third is a bishop with a 'Bible' under his arm. On the right four ladies, one elderly, the others young (presumably his wife and daughters), hasten in alarm away from Stanhope. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Noble sansculotte
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On sheet with letterpress broadside with caption title: A ballad occasioned by a certain Earl's styling himself a sans culotte citizen in the House of Lords., One line of text etched above image: "-off, off, [the] lendings.", At bottom of sheet, in letterpress: (Entered at Stationers Hall)., and Temporary local subject terms: Cap of Liberty -- Insignia: earl's coronet -- Judges -- Clergy: bishops -- Allusion to sansculottes -- Toys: hobby horses -- Male costume: sansculottes -- Bonnet rouge.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 3d, 1794, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 and Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
