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Le Boureau / Js. Gy. d. & ft.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Le Boureau / Js. Gy. d. & ft.

[London] : Pubd. April 18th, 1798, by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street, [1798]
etching with stipple, hand colored
image: 258 x 191 mm; plate mark: 260 x 194 mm; sheet: 355 x 286 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.124
Notes
At head of image: French habits, no 6.
No. 6 in series of 12 satirical prints depicting Whig party members attired in the various official costumes of the French state. Full series title from plate no. 1: Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows George Tierney dressed as state executioner standing next to a bloodied guillotine with a crowd of liberty-capped citizens in the background.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints