Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, or, Forcible reasons for negociating a regicide peace vide, the authority of Edmund Burke / [graphic]
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- Title
- Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, or, Forcible reasons for negociating a regicide peace vide, the authority of Edmund Burke / [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Promised horrors of the French invasion, or, Forcible reasons for negociating a regicide peace
Forcible reasons for negociating a regicide peace
Forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace - Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [20 October 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Octr. 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
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"French troops march with fixed bayonets up St. James's Street, the houses receding in perspective to the gate of the Palace, which is blazing. In the foreground on the left and right are 'White's' and 'Brookes's'. The former is being raided by French troops; the Opposition is in triumphant possession of the latter. In the centre foreground a 'tree of Liberty' (see BMSat 9214, &c.) has been planted: a pole garlanded with flowers and surmounted by a large cap of 'Libertas'. To this pole Pitt, stripped to the waist, is tied, while Fox (left) flogs him ferociously, a birch-rod in each hand. Between Fox's feet lies a headsman's axe, bloodstained; on it stands a perky little chicken with the head of M. A. Taylor (see BMSat 6777). On the right is an ox, his collar, from which a broken cord dangles, inscribed 'Great Bedfordshire Ox' (the duke of Bedford); it is tossing Burke, goaded on by Thelwall, who holds its tail, and flourishes a document inscribed 'Thelwals Lectures' (see BMSat 8685). Burke flies in the air, losing his spectacles, and dropping two pamphlets: 'Letter to the Duke of Bedford', see BMSat 8788, &c, and 'Reflections upon a Regicide Peace', see BMSat 8825. Behind the ox, Lord Stanhope holds up a pole to which is tied, by a ribbon inscribed 'Vive l'Egalite', the beam of a pair of scales; this is balanced by the body of Grenville, suspended by his breeches, and by his head, suspended by the hair; both drip blood. Stanhope, in profile to the left, looks up with a pleased smile; Lauderdale stands facing him, raising his arm to applaud. Behind is an advancing band of British Jacobins waving bonnets-rouges. Sheridan, with furtively triumphant smile, enters the door of Brooks's; a large porter's knot on his head and shoulders supports a sack: 'Remains of the Treasury £'; under his arm is another: 'Requisition from the Bank of England'. Beside the door (right) stands a pestle and mortar inscribed 'J. Hall Apothecary to the New Constitution Long Acre'; the mortar is filled with coronets. On the balcony above the door, Lansdowne, with his enigmatic smile, is working a guillotine; his left hand is on the windlass, in his right he holds up (towards Erskine) Loughborough's elongated wig; the purse of the Great Seal is attached to a post of the guillotine. On the left corner of the balcony rests a dish containing the heads of (left to right) Lord Sydney, Windham, and Pepper Arden, 'Killed off for the Public Good'. Behind stands Erskine, leaning forward and holding up in triumph a firebrand composed of 'Magna Charta', and a 'New Code of Laws'. On the right corner of the balcony four men stand watching the guillotine with quiet satisfaction: Grafton, in profile to the left; Norfolk, clasping his hands, and Derby. Only the hat and eyes of the fourth are visible. In the club windows behind, staring faces are indicated. The lamp beside the door is crowned with a bonnet-rouge. On the door-post a broadside, 'Marsoiles[e] [sic] Hymn', is placed above 'Rule Brit[annia]' (torn). In the street outside and in the foreground (right) is a basket containing the head of Dundas and a set of bagpipes; it is labelled 'To the care of Citizen Horne Tooke'. Beside it lies a bundle of documents labelled 'Waste Paper 2d pr £6'; they are 'Acts of Parliament, Bill of Rights, Statutes.' The left (east) side of the street is filled with goose-stepping republican soldiers, headed by a grotesque and ferocious officer, a drawn sword in his hand, who strides past the decollated head of Richmond, beside which lies a paper: 'Treatise upon Fortifying the Coast' (see BMSat 6921, &c). A grotesque and dwarfish drummer marches in front (left); on his drum is the cap of Liberty and the motto 'Vive la Liberté'. He is immediately outside the door of White's, up the steps of which French officers with fixed bayonets are pressing; one tramples on a prostrate and bleeding body, another transfixes the throat of a member; behind are the hands of members held up to beg for mercy. Other soldiers have reached the balcony and are using daggers; they push over the bleeding body of the Duke of York, indicated by his ribbon and the dice-box and dice which fall from him. The Prince of Wales falls head first, the Duke of Clarence is about to be stabbed. From a projecting lamp-bracket beside the door hang the bodies of Canning and Hawkesbury, tied back to back. Their identity is shown by a placard: 'New March to Paris by Betty Canning (an allusion to Elizabeth Canning, convicted of perjury, cf. BMSat 7982) & Jenny Jenkison'. The (broken) lamp is surmounted by a broken crown. On the club steps and in the street lie a broken 'EO' (roulette) board and playing-cards. The street is filled with close ranks of French soldiers, except for the small body of British Jacobins on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 32.2 x 43.3 cm, on sheet 42 x 54.4 cm. - Provenance
- Joel Bergquist; November 2019.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 32.5 x 44 cm, on sheet 36 x 46 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 796.10.20.01++ Impression 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Aquatints England London 1796
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching & aquatint ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain
France - Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Thelwall, John, 1764-1834
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804
Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800
Windham, William, 1750-1810
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Canning, George, 1770-1827
Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808 - Subject (Topic)
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805
Foreign public opinion, France
Foreign public opinion, Great Britain - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thelwall, John, 1764-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800 > Caricatures and cartoons
Windham, William, 1750-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815 > Caricatures and cartoons
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 > Caricatures and cartoons
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Canning, George, 1770-1827 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808 > Caricatures and cartoons
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805
Great Britain > Foreign public opinion, France
France > Foreign public opinion, Great Britain
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
18th century
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9777478
- Object ID (OID)
- 16873227