TITLE: French liberty CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 8334 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-05530 (digital file from original print) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Print shows, on the right "Liberty is torn from her Temple by a hired band of Ruffians bound & going to be Sacrificed to the rage of these Ignorant People; ..." and on the left, artists and artisans, a mother with two children, and others are driven away by booted thugs with clubs, at center a spinning wheel burns, a boy adds a book "Fine Arts" to the fire, and an old man breaks in half the staff of Liberty. Additional scenes of merriment and chaos take place in the background. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1793 July] CREATOR: Nixon, John, d. 1818, artist. NOTES: Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8334 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Liberty--1790-1800. France--History--Reign of Terror, 1793-1794. FORMAT: Satires (Visual works) British 1790-1800.Etchings 1790-1800. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print) ppmsca 05530 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.05530 CONTROL #: 2004671432
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