Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 September 1791]
Call Number:
791.09.02.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full length view of a very sad looking French aristocrat, facing the viewer with his hat under his left arm and a copy "Burke on the French Revolution" in his right hand. From his right pocket, a paper entitled "Capture of the French King." In the foreground left, a pile of medals and ribbons (symbols of royal orders) is labeled "Sacred to the National Assembly."
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from companion print: A Democrat., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Countermark: I A.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 2, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Captivity, History, Foreign public opinion, British, and Upper class
