French liberty [graphic] ; British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.

Published/Created:

London
Pubd. December 21st, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
[21 December 1792]

Copyright Date:

[21 December 1792]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.0 cm, on sheet 30 x 48 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8145
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 154

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Two images on one plate.
Peter Murray Hill. Chelsea, London ; Oct. 1958.

Abstract:

Design in two compartments contrasting on the left the poverty and depravity of "French Liberty" with the opulence of the British on the right "British Slavery." The thin, ragged sansculotte with a liberty cap on his head, warms his bare, talon-like feet before a fire, while eating his dinner of raw onions. Behind him snails overflow his chamber pot; above the fireplace a "Map of French Conquests". At his feet a sword lies across a violin like a bow. He extolls the virtues of the National Assembly and new won liberties. In contrast on the right, an obese, red-faced Englishman sits in a luxurious room before a table laden with a tankard of hock and a large joint of beef. His shoes are slashed to relieve his bloated, gouty feet. A gold statute of Britannia adorns the wall above him. He curses his ministry for imposing taxes and starving the British people.

Variant Titles:

British slavery

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817 [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Harvey, Francis
Liberty
Poverty
Riviere & Son
Rugs
Taxation -- France
Taxation -- Great Britain
Taxes
Wealth

Topics:

France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1792
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1792

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:

792.12.21.04+

Orbis Record:

7927400

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr07580

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10957277

PID:

digcoll:553715