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A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: June 1871Reference: 18167i
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Dr Richard Price kneeling on a large crown (with a demon on his back) to look through a peep-hole at a group of ruffians ransacking Marie Antoinette's bedroom; representing a speech by Price which allegedly advocated the French Revolution. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1790 (?).
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 12 December [1790?]Reference: 12178i
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Voltaire instructing the infant Jacobinism. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, ca. 1800.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1800Reference: 562799i- Pictures
The storming of the Bastille, 1789. Ink drawing by R.B. Bate after H. Singleton.
Singleton, Henry, 1766-1839.Date: 1797Reference: 3223738i
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The followers of Robespierre entering the prison cell in which Loizerolles father and son are kept to take the son away for execution. Stipple engraving by G. Aliprandi after J.H. Fragonard.
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806.Date: 15 April 1803Reference: 42620i- Pictures
The Revolutionary General Hoche, playing the guillotine as a stringed instrument, ascends into heaven where the atrocities of the French Revolution greet his arrival. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585511i