print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1989,0930.216
Title: Object: Louis dethron'd; or Hell broke loose in Paris!!!
Description: Satire on the reactions of George III to the asault on the Tuileries on 10 August 1792; Pitt in his nightshirt breaks the news to the king on the left queen Charlotte hides bags of money in the privy on the right. 16 August 1792 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: Richard Newton; Published by: William Holland
School/style: British
Production date: 1792
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 248 millimetres; Width: 364 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See also Bindman, 1989 (cat no 47, p. 106).
Bibliographic references: Alexander 1998 / Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s (59); 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 1990 Jan-Mar, Manchester, Whitworth AG, Britain and French Revolution 1990 Jun-Sep, Vizille, Mus/Rev Francaise, Britain and French Revolution
Subjects: satire
Associated names: Representation of: William Pitt the Younger; Representation of: George III, King of the United Kingdom; Representation of: Charlotte, Queen of George III
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Andrew Edmunds
Acquisition date: 1989
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1989,0930.216

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