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James Gillray
1756-1815
Exit libertè a la Francois, or, Buonaparte closing the farce of egalitè / Js. Gillray invt. & ft.
[London] : Publishd Novr. 21st, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [1799]
etching, hand colored
image: 236 x 350 mm; plate mark: 246 x 351 mm; sheet: 259 x 363 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.534
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Bonaparte directing the Grenadiers who, at the point of the bayonet, are ejecting the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery. The members, in their official costume, flee in wild confusion. Officers stand behind Bonaparte; a little drummer fiercely beats a drum inscribed 'Vive la Liberte'. A tricolour flag is inscribed 'Vive le Triumverate Buonaparte Seyes-Ducos'. Bonaparte, who is calm and dignified, though with (dagger) wounds on face and arms, tramples on 'Un liste de Membres du Conseil des Cinque Cents' which lies beside a paper: 'Resignation des Directoires'.
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Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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