Meeting of - Unfortunate Citoyens. " Dismay of Two Disgraced Patriots"
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring in watercolor
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (25.1 x 35.2cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper right: "Scratch'd off! dish'd! kick'd out! dam'me!!! | How! what! Kick'd out? ah! morbleu! chacun a son tour! morbleu!..."; left center: "GK Whereas... apprehension of traitors... God save ye King"; center: "Proclamation against Sedition & Treasonable Meetings | GR Where [...] for carrying secret correspondence with ye French..."; lower center: Lift of Privy Council C.J. Fox | Whig Toasts & Sentiment..."; lower right: "Pubd. May 12th, 1798 by H. Humphrey 27 St James Street"; lettered below image: "Meeting of Unfortunate Citoyens"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection