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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]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.601
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[London] : Pubd. Feby. 16th 1793 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1793]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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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.
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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 ...
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