Destruction of the French Collossus [sic] / Js. Gillray invt & ft.

Print depicts the Colossus as an emblem of French revolutionary bloodshed and aggression, striding from Egypt, where the left foot rests on Pyramids, to 'France', where the right foot tramples on the 'Holy Bible' and a cross. Beneath the Bible lie the dismantled scales of justice. Above, an arm and the shield of Britannia emerge from dark clouds; in the hand is a sheaf of thunderbolts which smites the Colossus, striking off its head, a skull in which serpents twine; from this drops a bonnet-rouge in the form of a fool's cap. The arms and legs of the Colossus have also been broken, so that the figure is on the point of collapse. The severed right hand rests on a guillotine, inscribed 'Fraternité', and the bloody head of Louis XVI hangs by the hair from the figure's neck. From the left hand drops an open book: 'Religion de la Nature Injustice Oppression Murder Destruction'. The figure wears only a tricolour sash and belt in which are a pistol and a bloody dagger. Its hands and feet are bloodied above the wrists and ankles. Tricolour flags inscribed with names decorate the landscape, showing the extent of French depredations: 'Malta' in the channel immediately under the Colossus; 'Spain' behind 'France'; 'Holland', with windmills; 'Switzerland' backed by rocky mountains; and 'Rome' with the dome of St. Peter's.