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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 January 1793]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- At the center of the sheet stands John Bull, hands clasped in prayer, as Sheridan and Fox force the bread of liberty into his wide open mouth as they pick his pocket. On either side of the three stands a gallows and the Temple Bar. In each of the four corners in similar scenes, labelled clockwise from upper left, Holland, Savoy, German & Prussia, red-capped French sansculottes try to force the bread of liberty down recognizable national stereotypes from these four nations as they loot the terrfied citizens
- Alternative Title:
- Sansculottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 30.1 x 36.4 cm, on sheet 35.8 x 42.0 cm., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 3 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 12st [sic], 1793, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Girondists, Sansculottes, Liberty, Liberty cap, Popes, History, and Foreign relations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sans-culottes feeding Europe with the bread of liberty [graphic].
