Title
Caricature about despotism and tyranny
Caption
The genius of France extirpating despotism tyranny & oppression from the face of the earth Or the royal warriors defeated . Caricature by Isaac Cruikshank, 1756?-1811?,Published: [London] 1792. print : etching, hand-coloured. Cartoon shows a woman wearing a liberty cap, representing the genius of France, holding a cat-o'-nine-tails in one hand and the reins of a donkey in the other; on this donkey and another bucking in the background are several monarchs identified as Prussia, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Brunswick, Turkey, Spain, and, falling to the ground, China; Louis XVI lies on the ground beneath the donkey held by the woman; in the left foreground, sitting on the ground tearing her hair is Marie I of Portugal.
Date
1792
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP16A00_239
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,0Mb (3,5Mb) / 18,0in x 13,0in / 5399 x 3885 (300dpi)