France, freedom [graphic] ; Britain, slavery.
- Published/Created:
- [London]
Pubd. July 28th, 1789, by J. Aitken, Printseller, N. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
[28 July 1789] - Copyright Date:
- [28 July 1789]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 27.2 x 45.6 cm, on sheet 28 x 47 cm
- Notes:
- Title from text in and below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Instruments of torture -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Transference of customs to excise -- Banners with instruments of torture -- Cheering crowds -- Laurel wreaths -- Chairing of Necker -- Kneeling slaves -- Emblems: pipe as tobacco tax -- Allusion to excise -- Crowns -- Gallows -- Bastille -- Executioners: headsman -- Artisans as slaves -- Emblems: slavery.
Old Print Shop ; March 1, 1961 ; Acquisitions no.: 961-3-1-294.
Watermark: countermark S. Lay. - Abstract:
- "A design in two compartments. On the left the triumph of Necker in a land of 'Freedom', in the other that of Pitt in a land of 'Slavery'. Necker (full face), seated in an armchair is carried on the shoulders of distinguished personages, who wave their hats. He holds in his right hand the staff and cap of 'Liberty', in his left a royal crown. He is stout and benevolent. Above his head floats a laurel wreath, irradiated, inscribed 'Necker', and adding a touch of absurdity. Under his feet are a chain and an instrument of torture resembling a harrow. The naval officer (left) wearing a star, -who holds one pole of the chair, is labelled 'Orleans'; his companion, in regimentals, is probably Lafayette; both wave their hats. In the background is a cheering crowd and the massive but broken stone wall of the 'Bastile'. On the right Pitt, lean and arrogant, stands in profile to the left on a royal crown which bends under his weight (as in BMSat 7478). In his right hand is a banner on which are instruments of torture: a narrow, shackles, and scourges; in his left hand, which rests on his hip, are a headsman's axe and chains, the other ends of which are attached to persons who kneel humbly behind him, the most prominent of whom is the King. Other chains are attached to artisans, &c, who kneel abjectly before him. In the background are (left) a gallows from which hang seven nooses, and (right) a high scaffold on which stands a headsman with an axe. From Pitt's pocket projects a large tobacco-pipe inscribed 'Excise'.."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- France, Britain, freedom, slavery
Freedom, slavery - Associated Names:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Aitken, James, -1802 [Publisher] - Topics:
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804
OrleĢans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793
Pitt, William, - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings -- England -- London -- 1789
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1789 - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 789.07.28.01+
- Orbis Record:
- 7727708
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr06698
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Digital version
- OID:
- 10731142
- PID:
- digcoll:550869
