Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

[Edmund Burke strangling Liberty]

William Holland

[Edmund Burke strangling Liberty]

Published

London : Pubd Feby 1792 by W Holland, 50 Oxford St., [1792]

etching
plate mark: 240 x 202 mm; sheet: 251 x 214 mm
Peel 3414
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Image coterminous with plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows Edmund Burke, wearing a Jesuit's biretta, in the act of strangling the figure of Liberty with a thin cord; Liberty lies semi-prone with her head thrown back, holding a pole topped with a bonnet rouge in one hand and a copy of "History of the French Revolution" in the other.

Associated names
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints