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Patriotic regeneration, -viz.-parliament reform'd, a la francoise, -thatis- honest men (i.e.-opposition.) in the seat of justice. Vide Carmagnol Expectations
This print shows the interior of the House of Commons with a large group of the Opposition wearing the bonnet-rouge. Charles James Fox sits in the Speaker’s chair, as the presiding judge with a bonnet-rouge pulled over the crown of his hair. In front…
Political mathematician's, shaking the Broad Bottom'd hemispheres
Gillray even included images of a weakened Britannia in the background of prints, as evident in ‘Political mathematician’s, shaking the Broad Bottom’d hemispheres.’ In this print, she is placed in the background (left) seated on a rock, leaning…
The tree of liberty must be planted immediately!-
The Tree of Liberty, often (in fact) a pole surmounted by a bonnet-rouge, is here a pike on which is the bleeding head of Charles James Fox. His eyes are covered by red cap (very similar to the bonnet-rouge) inscribed ‘Libertas.’ At the base of the…
Promis'd Horrors of the French Invasion, or Forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace
French troops with fixed bayonets march up St. James’s Street. In the center foreground a ‘tree of Liberty” has been planted, topped with the bonnet-rouge. To the pole of the ‘tree’ William Pitt, stripped to the waist, is tied. Charles James Fox,…
Shrine at St. Ann's Hill
‘Shrine at St. Ann’s Hill’ depicts Charles James Fox kneeling before an altar appearing in the shape of a guillotine. Three pedestals are positioned on the altar resembling the Ten Commandments, but of ‘DROIT DE L’HOMME.’ Below these are two busts:…