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Constitution d'Angleterre
Title
Constitution d'Angleterre [graphic].
Publication
[France] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1789]
Physical Description
1 print : etching & aquatint ; plate mark 20.3 x 16 cm, on sheet 24 x 19 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Title continues: ... ou le triomphe du ministre Pitt, foulant aux pieds la couronne d'Angleterre, d'une main il tient une hache et les chaines dont il a su charger la Nation et le Roi, de l'autre il porte le drapeau de l'esclavage; les impots et les echafauds sont les moyens qu'il employe pour soutenir son pouvoir chancelant.
French original, later copied by Gillray, dated 1789 by the Bibliotheque Nationale presumably based on its place in a collection by an artist who gathered prints at the time, Michel Hennin.
Summary
"Satire against England: Pitt strides forward holding a flag next to a crown, while chained figures cringe at his feet, and a scaffold and executioner occupy the background."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
French
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2007
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1789.
Aquatints - England - London - 1789.
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