Frontispiece to Reflections on the French Revolution [graphic].

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Title: Frontispiece to Reflections on the French Revolution [graphic].
Contributor: Wigstead, Henry, printmaker.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [2 November 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novemr. the 2, 1790, by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St. ...
Abstract: 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.
Mounted to 41 x 26 cm.
Provenance: Peter Murray Hill; February 1959;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 37 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Putti
Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subjects: Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
England > 1790
England > London > 1790

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