Sujet
Caricature about despotism and tyranny
Légende
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
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP16A00_239
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,0Mo (3,5Mo) / 45,7cm x 32,9cm / 5399 x 3885 (300dpi)