print; satirical print; broadside

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print; satirical print; broadside

Object Type: print; satirical print; broadside
Museum number: 1988,1001.4
Title: Object: Marche des Marseillois
Description: Revolutionary satire: song sheet recording the 'Marseillaise', under French soldiers marching and singing; version of French print. 10 November 1792 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: Richard Newton
School/style: British
Production date: 1792
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 391 millimetres; Width: 237 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The text must be derived from a French original, but the dancing soldiers is probably entirely Newton's invention. Another impression of Newton's print was illustrated (wrongly) as a French original in 'Geist und Galanterie', Bonn (Kunst und Ausstellungshalle) 2002, p.77.
Bibliographic references: Alexander 1998 / Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s (78); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 1989 May-Sep, BM, Shadow of the Guillotine: Britain and French Revolution, cat.83b 1990 Jan-Mar, Manchester, Whitworth AG, Britain and French Revolution 1990 Jun-Sep, Vizille, Mus/Rev Francaise, Britain and French Revolution
Subjects: satire; soldier; music
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Andrew Edmunds
Acquisition date: 1988
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1988,1001.4

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