print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1871,0812.2930
Title: Object: The martyr of Equality
Description: Orléans (Égalité), looking to the right, stands on the scaffold dressed as a grenadier of the National Guard. He holds out by the hair the decollated head of Louis XVI, while he waves his cap in his right hand. Behind (left) is the guillotine, with the King's body; streams of blood pour from head and trunk. Below the scaffold (right) are heads and bayonets of the National Guard, and, behind, two large buildings, the windows and roofs filled with spectators; those on the roof wave their hats. Beneath the title: 'Behold the Progress of our System'. See BMSats 8292, 8297, &c. 12 February 1793 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank; Published by: S W Fores
School/style
Production date: 1793
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 237 millimetres (printed image); Width: 204 millimetres (printed image)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) de Vinck, No. 5175.
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (8302); Krumbhaar 1966 / Isaac Cruikshank. A catalogue raisonné. With a sketch of his life and work (710); De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (5175)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 1989 May-Sep, BM, Shadow of the Guillotine: Britain and French Revolution 1990 Jan-Mar, Manchester, Whitworth AG, Britain and French Revolution 1990 Jun-Sep, Vizille, Mus/Rev Francaise, Britain and French Revolution
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre; Representation of: Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1871
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1871,0812.2930

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