print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: J,4.157
Title: Object: Les Dégraisseurs Patriote. A votre tour Monseigneur
Description: Satire on the confiscation of clerical property: a fat clergyman is dragged towards a star-wheel press in which is another cleric vomiting coins; on the left two thin clerics walk away. November 1789 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous
School/style: French
Production date: 1789
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 160 millimetres; Width: 242 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (3054)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; christian cleric; catholicism
Associated events: Associated Event: French Revolution
Acquisition name: Donated by: Dorothea, Lady Banks
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Sarah Sophia Banks
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: J,4.157

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