"Pitt, thickly coated with feathers, stands terrified between Sheridan and Fox. Only his face, hands, and (bare) feet are uncovered. He turns his head in profile to the right towards Fox, clasping his hands. Fox, much caricatured, and grinning broadly, pushes a dripping mop in his face. Its stick is inscribed 'Remonstrance of the People'. He has dipped it in a steaming cauldron (of tar) inscribed 'Rights of the People', under which are blazing papers: 'Sedition Bill', 'Ministerial Influence', and 'Informations'. Round Pitt's neck is a noose, the rope from which hangs over a lamp-bracket. On the lamp is a crown; on the post a placard: 'Fate of the Sedition Bill'. Sheridan (left), with a sinister glare, raises in both hands a huge cap of 'Libertas', from which feathers shower down on Pitt's head. ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Patriots revenge, Retribution, tarring and feathering, or, The patriots revenge, and Tarring and feathering
Description:
One line of quoted text below title: "Nay & you'll stop our mouths, beware your own.", Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England), Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Lamps., Liberty cap. , Petition, Right of.., Sedition--Great Britain., and Tarring & feathering.
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:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title from text in image.
Subject (Geographic):
France--Foreign relations--1789-1815. and France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic):
Girondists--Caricatures and cartoons., John Bull (Symbolic character)--Caricatures and cartoons., Liberty cap. , Liberty., Popes., and Sansculottes--Caricatures and cartoons.