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The democracy of France.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank

Published by: S W Fores
Title
The democracy of France.
Description
English: A small sansculotte juggler, running in profile to the left, balances on his chin the hilt of a dagger, on whose point rests the pointed base of a large cup, across the top of which straddles a nude monster, with the ears and beard of a satyr. His fingers and toes are talons; in his right hand he holds out by the hair the decollated head of Louis XVI, in his left hand that of Marie Antoinette. On his head are five daggers, their points meeting to form a 'Cap of Liberty'. Two labels issue from his ferociously grinning mouth: "Ça ira, Ça ira, Ça ira", and, "Hold me well up or I will Bite off Your Head". The little man below, whose arms are folded, says, "By Gar tis Var Heavy, O dear! O dear! it will Fall!" The cup is decorated with bands of red, white, and blue. 24 April 1794.
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre
Date 1794
date QS:P571,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
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Height: 380 millimetres

Width: 250 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Accession number
1868,0808.6346
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) A satire on the Terror; for the executions see BMSats 8297, 8343, &c. Cf. BMSat 8426. For the connotation of Democracy cf. BMSat 8310.

de Vinck, No. 5509.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6346
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