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James Gillray
1756-1815
The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.
Published
[London] : H. Humphrey, 1793.
hand colored etching
image: 34.3 x 24.9 cm; plate: 35.1 x 24.9 cm; sheet: 25.6 x 36 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2813
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
The head of Louis XVI (a portrait) lies at the foot of the guillotine, a corner of the scaffold forming the base of the design. The guillotine is realistically drawn; the body of the King, hands tied, lies on the low platform behind the machine, the legs being cut off by the left margin. The blade and head drip with blood, which ascends in a broad crimson swirl across the design, expanding into clouds of smoke as it rises.
Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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