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James Gillray
1756-1815
French liberty ; British slavery / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.
hand colored etching
image: 241 x 343 mm; plate: 250 x 354 mm; sheet: 257 x 361 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2801
Published:
[London] : Pubd. December 21st, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
A design in two compartments. On the left is 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. On the right is an immensely fat Englishman carving a roast while complaining about taxation and starvation.
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