Caption

A republican belle, a picture of Paris for 1794, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, artist, engraving 1794, an old woman, a sansculotte, in ragged dress, her arms folded across her chest, holding a pistol in one hand, which she fires at a man lying on the ground, and a dagger in the other. There is a skull and crossbones design on her garment, she wears a miniature guillotine hanging from her neck, and claws are showing through her shoes. At a tavern in the background, men are smoking pipes and bowling with skulls beneath a sign showing the severed and bleeding head of Louis XVI and from which a naked body hangs.

Date

1811

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Reference

LZT16A00_172

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,3Mb (3,8Mb) / 12,9in x 16,7in / 3869 x 5000 (300dpi)

Keywords

republican belle picture Paris 1794 Cruikshank Isaac 1756 1811 artist engraving old woman sansculotte ragged dress arms folded chest holding pistol one hand fires man lying ground dagger other. skull crossbones design garment wears miniature guillotine hanging neck claws showing shoes. tavern background men smoking pipes bowling skulls sign severed bleeding head Louis XVI naked body hangs vintage retro retro styled engraved image engravement victorian art culture illustrative technique history historical antique nostalgia arkheia nostalgic historic artwork old-fashioned romantic aged traditional historic art