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Lord Mum Overwhelmed with Parisian Embraces, 07 November 1796

 Item — Box: LF104/4 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/4/32

Scope and Contents

By Isaac Cruikshank. Lord Malmesbury's coach is drawn (right to left) by French poissardes, grotesque and with bare pendent breasts. A cheering crowd fills the street; bonnets-rouges are waved and thrown into the air. He puts his head through the carriage window to kiss a 'poissarde', waving his cocked hat. Another woman (left) says, "my turn next". A sansculotte dances on the roof of the coach, urinating on the royal crown which decorates it, waving his bonnet-rouge, and singing "Caira Cair &c." Two of Malmesbury's footmen are carried on the shoulders of 'poissardes' behind the coach; a boy picks the pocket of one of them. Among the ragged crowd a Jew and a man playing a fiddle are conspicuous. People cheer from the windows of a house which forms a background. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 07 November 1796

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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