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James Gillray
Französische wohlbeleibtheit
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image: 117 x 74 mm; sheet: 139 x 85 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2798
Published:
[Place not specified] : [publisher not specified], [1792?]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title from caption.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
A reduced, translated copy of the first panel of "French liberty -- British slavery" (December 21, 1792) by James Gillray. The contents of the speech bubble differ slightly from the original.
Summary:
A lean and ragged sansculotte, seated on a stool before an open hearth, ravenously eating raw onions while he warms his bare toes at the fire. He is rejoicing, saying "O Sacre Dieu, uns bekom bien die Liberté-- Vive l'assemblaenationale! Vivre Libre ou courir! welk een Woll löben! Es fleust der Milk u. di Honigk!"
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