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
- Production date
- 1793
- Dimensions
-
Height: 237 millimetres (printed image)
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Width: 204 millimetres (printed image)
- $Inscriptions
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- 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.
- 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
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,0812.2930
