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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Louis XVI Taking Leave of His Wife and Family, 1793
- Title:
- Louis XVI Taking Leave of His Wife and Family
- Date:
- 1793
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4in. (24.8 x 19.7cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered below image, lower left: "Pubd March 20th, 1793. by J. Aitken | Castle Street Leicester Fields | LOUIS XVI Taking Leave of his Wife & Family"; lower center: "NB: The above is an exact Copy of an infamous French Print, which has lately appeared in Paris, among numberless others, intended to | bring the Conduct of their late Monarch in his last moments, into Contempt & Ridicule; It is now copied & publish'd, in order to hold up a nation of un- | -feeling Assassins to that detestation which every true Englishman must feel for Wretches, who can sport with the sufferings of the unfortunate"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.958
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:44088
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