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James Gillray
1756-1815
The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.
[London] : Pubd. Feby. 16th 1793 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1793]
etching, hand colored
image: 332 x 246 mm; plate mark: 354 x 249 mm; sheet: 415 x 280 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.601
Notes
Above image: This exact representation of that instrument of French refinement in assassination, the guillotine is submited to the gentlemen of the Phalanx & other well-wishers to the King & Constitution of Great Britain, by their devoted servants at command The Assasins of the King of France.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the head and decapitated body of Louis XVI lies on the platform at the base of a guillotine, his hands tied behind his back, blood pouring from the blade and his head. The swirls of blood ascend and swirl around the guillotine like clouds of smoke and etched in this cloud is a speech pleading for justice from the British nation and beginning: Wither, O wither shall my blood ascend for Justice? My throne is seized on by my murderers ...
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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