A republican beau, a picture of Paris for 1794, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, artist, engraving, 1794, a man, a sansculotte, in ragged red, white, and blue stripe clothing, he holds a spiked club in one hand, wears pistols in his belt on which is written War Eternal War and he has a dead infant stuffed into a pocket. In the near background is a guillotine replacing the crucifix, which lies on the ground, on an altar labeled This is our God and in the distance several bodies hang from a gibbet.
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A republican beau, a picture of Paris for 1794, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, artist, engraving, 1794, a man, a sansculotte, in ragged red, white, and blue stripe clothing, he holds a spiked club in one hand, wears pistols in his belt on which is written War Eternal War and he has a dead infant stuffed into a pocket. In the near background is a guillotine replacing the crucifix, which lies on the ground, on an altar labeled This is our God and in the distance several bodies hang from a gibbet.

Date

1811

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Reference

LZT16A00_173

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republican beau picture Paris 1794 Cruikshank Isaac 1756 1811 artist engraving man sansculotte ragged red white blue stripe clothing he holds spiked club one hand wears pistols belt written War Eternal dead infant stuffed pocket. background guillotine replacing crucifix lies ground altar labeled God distance bodies hang gibbet vintage retro retro styled engraved image engravement victorian art culture illustrative technique history historical old antique nostalgia arkheia nostalgic historic artwork old-fashioned romantic aged traditional historic art

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