"The cap alone, intended to be fitted to the heads described under British Museum Satires Nos. 8450-7. This cap could be placed on the heads of any of the persons in the series so as to turn them into a French Republican."--British Museum online catal...
"The head of Fox, looking to the left and frowning. Fox, often traduced as a would-be dictator, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c, is compared with Robespierre."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.
"The head of Fox, looking to the left and frowning. Fox, often traduced as a would-be dictator, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c, is compared with Robespierre."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.
"The head of Fox, looking to the left and frowning. Fox, often traduced as a would-be dictator, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6380, &c, is compared with Robespierre."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794.
"Frontispiece to a set of eight satirical portraits (British Museum Satires Nos. 8450-7), in which members of the Opposition are travestied as French republicans. With the set is a bonnet-rouge, printed in red on paper cut along the lower edge of the ...
Alternative Title:
Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism in French & English, dedicated to the Opposition
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Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Published 12st [sic] May 1794 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Republicanism, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Liberty cap, and Books
"Frontispiece to a set of eight satirical portraits (British Museum Satires Nos. 8450-7), in which members of the Opposition are travestied as French republicans. With the set is a bonnet-rouge, printed in red on paper cut along the lower edge of the ...
Alternative Title:
Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism in French & English, dedicated to the Opposition
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Published 12st [sic] May 1794 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Republicanism, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Liberty cap, and Books
"The head and shoulders of Philip Francis, his head turned in profile to the left, with the baleful stare characteristic of Sayers's portraits of Francis as the enemy of Hastings, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7292."--British Museum online catalogue,...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Francis, Philip, 1740-1818 and Philippeaux, Pierre, 1754-1794.
"The head and shoulders of Philip Francis, his head turned in profile to the left, with the baleful stare characteristic of Sayers's portraits of Francis as the enemy of Hastings, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7292."--British Museum online catalogue,...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Francis, Philip, 1740-1818 and Philippeaux, Pierre, 1754-1794.
