Le triomphe de la Liberté en l'élargissement de la Bastille, dédié à la Nation Francoise / painted by James Northcote, R.A. ; engraved by James Gillray.

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James Gillray

1756-1815

London : Publish'd July 12th 1790 by Rt Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill, [1790]

Peel 2266

Published:

London : Publish'd July 12th. 1790. by Rt. Wilkinson. No 58 Cornhill, [1790].

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Notes:

After a painting by James Northcote, now presumed lost.
Caption title from lettered impression.
A companion piece to Gillray's print "The Triumph of Benevolence."
Libray's copy is an impression before letters.
Trimmed within plate mark.

Summary:

Print shows the fall of the Bastille: a young soldier helps a white-bearded elderly prisoner to ascend stairs, with skeletons and shackled prisoners in cells below, and machines of torture in the background.

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Gillray, James

Century:

18th century

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Drawings and Prints