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The genius of France triumphant, -or- Britannia petitioning for peace. -Vide, The Proposals of Opposition
Britannia is here shown groveling before a monster representing the French Republic. Behind her stand Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Charles Stanhope, all wearing the bonnet-rouge. The French monster is supported by a bed of dark…
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,…
Dumourier dining in state at St. James's, on the 15th of May, 1793
Charles François Dumouriez prepares to dine at the royal dinner table. He sits in a gothic chair, reminiscent of the Coronation chair, as Charles James Fox, William Pitt and Richard Brinsley Sheridan in the guise of cooks advance towards him wearing…