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1 image file : digital, JPEG. |
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Satire and the French Revolution anthology |
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Satire and the French Revolution anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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Original document: Print. |
| Summary |
The slogan at the bottom of this etchings reads, "The Promis'd Horrors of the French Revolution -ℓor -ℓForcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace." The cartoon is a response to Edmund Burke's pamphlet, Reflections on a Regicide Peace, and depicts Burke's vision coming toℓfruition. French soldiers are marching up St. James Street. English royalty is being hurled from the balcony on the left while the Whigs have risen to support the opposition in the right balcony. Below the Whigs, Burke himself is being tossed by a bull.ℓAt center, Charles James Fox is flogging William Pitt and behind them,ℓat the end of the street, the royal palace is in flames. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, illustrator.
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