"An officer of the Gardes du Corps, wearing the cross of St. Louis, stands with a drawn sword before a door leading to a long room or gallery. Within stands Louis XVI holding the Dauphin by the hand, while Marie Antoinette takes his right arm. Above their heads is etched 'Save us from treatcherous Friends'. The officer says, "I find there's treachery - but I'll defend my King & Family to the last Drop of my blood". In his hat is a favour inscribed 'Vive le Rot'. Hiding behind an arched doorway (right) are two people dressed as women, wearing cloaks and hats; each clutches a dagger, and below the petticoat of the foremost, Orléans, protrudes a spurred boot. He says "Where shall we hide our selves - my Plot is marr'd." His companion, Mirabeau, who is on the extreme right, says, "Damnable fool thus to serve Your purpose & risk - a la Lanterne". They are identified in a contemporary hand as 'O-----ns' and 'M ... b .. u'. Orleans is a recognizable portrait. On the wall between the officer and the conspirators is a crucifix above a receptacle for holy-water."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. also the head & hand of Count Struenzee, admittance 1 shill., Temporary local subject terms: French Revolution -- French military uniforms -- Garde du Corps., Watermark: countermark T W., Upper right corner torn resulting in loss of text., and Orléans and Mirabeau identified in contemporary hand below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 19, 1790, by W.S.[sic] Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Louis XVII, of France, 1785-1795, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, and Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de, 1749-1791
"Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette seated on chairs at Varennes while an armed and ferocious mob invades the room through an open door (left); the approach of an angry crowd is suggested by a sea of heads, above which weapons are raised. The King sits full face, the Queen beside him in profile to the left and on the extreme right. One ruffian presents a blunderbuss at the Queen, another, yelling, threatens the King with a pistol and sabre. A soldier (left) advances with his musket cocked towards the little Dauphin, who has fallen on his back at the King's feet, having apparently been pushed over by the soldier's bayonet. A man wearing only a bonnet rouge and a shirt advances with a dagger in each hand; behind him is a man with a raised hammer in one hand, a broom in the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
French democrats surprising the royal runaways
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Invasion of Varennes -- Allusion to French Revolution -- French democrats -- Fugitives -- Weapons: sabres -- Guns: blunderbass -- Muskets with bayonettes -- Daggers -- Emblems: bonnet rouge -- French revolutionary cockade -- Brooms -- Hammers.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 27th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis XVII, of France, 1785-1795, and Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
A political satire with Burke depicted as Mercury carrying on his shoulders Marie Antoinette who in turn carries Louis XVI
Alternative Title:
Grand monarque and the rights of kings supported in a sublime and beautiful manner
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication from known location of William Dent: London, 116 Strand., Hand-colored by Dent., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Hand-coloring extends well beyond the plate line in this impression. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. by Wm. Dent
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
His hands clasped at his chest and his face in raptures, Burke kneels before the vision of Marie Antoinette as she stands in a pool of clouds. She wears flowing Grecian-style robes and a crown that radiates golden lights. A cherub above Burke's head touches him with a firebrand as sparks flow from its end
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed in British Museum catalogue to H.W., i.e., possibly either Henry Wigstead or William Holland., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: ... in whose rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of caricatures. Admit. 1 sh., Nine lines from Burke's Reflections transcribed below title: It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France ..., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with initials G R below., and Mounted to 41 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novemr. the 2, 1790, by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St. ...
Subject (Name):
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
"Louis XVI sits fatly at a table, carving large pieces from a roast bird, a rolled paper in his pocket inscribed 'Route de Melz'; he turns back to an obsequiously grinning officer wearing a wig and ruffled collar and sleeves, who approaches from an open door to right, bowing and presenting an 'Ordre of la municipalite poor l'Arret de Monsieur Louis de Bourbon', the king saying 'Je me f- de tout cela Laisse moi manger tranqillement'; in the doorway are seen a short man with the fleur-de-lis on his arm and a whip who comments, 'Voila but for his dam guts we had been safe out of their reach', and five heavy-looking soldiers, all with skull-and-crossbone motifs on their bearskin hats. To left, Marie Antoinette stands looking in a mirror, adjusting her neckerchief and saying 'Come my dear Louis havn't you finish'd your two Turkeys & drank your six bottles, you know we shall dine at Mont medy', a fine hat on the chair in front of her. Behind to left, the Dauphin sits grimacing on a water-closet, clutching at himself; his nurse approaches him with a beaker and spoon, saying 'aha! mon Petit Bourbon de shi-ten luck be de good Luck'. On the wall, three frames, the first, titled 'Louis 14', shows a preening figure, nude to the waist with a fistful of thunderbolts, standing on the back of a prostrate figure with several others abject at his feet, a temple to right; the second lacks a picture, but has an upside-down notice stuck in it, reading 'Par le roy'; the third, 'Juillet 14 1789', is the storming of the Bastille."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in the world, admita[nc]e 1 shilling., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 41 x 56 cm., Watermark., German translation of title in contemporary hand at bottom of sheet., and Numbered in ms. in lower left corner of sheet: 369.
Publisher:
Pub. July 24, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly ...
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis XVII, of France, 1785-1795, and Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
Chivalry revived by Don Quixote de St. Omer & his friend Sancho
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's statement following imprint: ... where may be seen the largest collection of caracatures [sic] in the Kingdom, also the head & hand of Count Struenzee admittance one shilling., Temporary local subject terms: Monsters: five-headed 'Beast of Rome' -- Clergy: Catholic bishops-- Literature: allusion to Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution -- Processions -- Societies: allusion to Revolution Society -- Coaches: cradle-shaped coach -- Medallion of William III -- City corporations -- Oppression -- Allusion to aristocratic privileges -- Weapons: swords -- Books as shields., and Mounted to 31 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Janry. 31, 1791, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Price, Richard, 1723-1791, and Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
publish'd as the act diricts [sic] Feby 3, [17]94.
Call Number:
794.02.03.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A large naked monster sits astride a large cup, which is balanced on a dagger held in the mouth of a small sansculotte juggler who exclaims, " By Gar tis var heavy, O dear! O dear! It will fall!" The monster holds in his hands the heads of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. On his head five daggers meet at a point to form a cap labelled "Cap of Liberty." He grins showing sharp teeth, two labels issuing from his mouth, " Ca ira, ca ira, ca ira" and "Hold me well up or I will bit off your head."
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Word "of'" in title etched over "!!" The original title appears to have been "Democracy!!", and Earlier state, with earlier date and without publisher's name. Cf. No. 8446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, Sansculottes, Decapitations, Liberty cap, and Monsters
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Place of publication based on known local of Fores., Word "of'" in title etched over "!!" The original title appears to have been "Democracy!!", Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the reign of Terror in France -- Sansculottes -- Daggers -- Cap of liberty made of daggers., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Publishd as the act directs, April 24th 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
Title from item., Printmaker and publication year from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: where may be seen the compleatest [sic] collection of caracatures [sic] in the kingdom admitance 1 shillg., Two lines of quotation from Burke's Reflections below title: Is this a triumph to be consecrated at altars? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Sermons: sermon by Richard Price, Nov. 4, 1789 -- Literature: quotation from Reflections on the revolution in France by Edmund Burke, 1729-1797 -- Literature: sermon "On the love of our country" by Richard Price, Nov. 4, 1789 -- Pictures amplifying subject -- French crowns -- Plots: attack on Marie-Antoinette, Oct. 6, 1789 -- Chamber pots -- Close stools -- Interior of Versailles -- Pitchforks -- Guns -- Daggers -- Swords -- Beds: French royal bed -- Carpets -- Demons -- French revolutionary favors., and Window mounted to 32 x 43 cm., matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pub Dec. 12 by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
A cartoon illustrating the first reactions in England to the news of the fall of the Bastille. On the right, the radiant figure of Liberty sits enthroned on the ruins of the Bastille. Kneeling on one knee before her, Louis XVI holds up to her his crown; inscribed below him are the words "A repentant monarch." Following behind him are six figures in chains, each clearly identified: Orléans and Necker, Marie Antoinette, two German counselors, and a figure suggestive of Mrs. Schwellenberg. La Fayette and the ranks of the National Guard bring up the rear. All around them are cheering crowds
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "Price 2 sh. plain.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aug. 3d, 1789, by J. Aitken, N. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793, Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, and Bastille.
Subject (Topic):
Liberty, History, and Foreign public opinion, British
