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Title
Promis'd Horrors of the French Invasion, or Forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace
Description
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, flogs Pitt ferociously with a birch-rod in each hand. The scene references the falling of the British crown, led by Fox: the palace is in flames in the background and the streets are filled with close ranks of French soldiers. This print emphasizes Gillray’s negative reception to Fox’s alliance with the French.
Creator
James Gillray
Source
The British Museum
Publisher
Hannah Humphrey
Date
Published 20 October 1796 in London
Contributor
The British Museum
Rights
© Trustees of the British Museum
Format
Hand-colored etching
Image: 32.3 x 43.2 cm
Type
Still Image