The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance [graphic] / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.

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Title: The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance [graphic] / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Louis--XVI,--King of France,--1754-1793--Death and burial.
Copyright Date: [16 February 1793]
Abstract: The head of Louis XVI lies on the platform at the base of a guillotine, his hands tied behind his back, blood pouring from the blade and his head. The swirls of blood ascend and swirl around the guillotine like clouds of smoke and etched in this cloud are a long speech pleading for justice from the British nation and beginning: Wither, O wither shall my blood ascend for Justice? My throne is seized on by my murderers ...
Description: Title etched below image.
Two lines of text above image: This exact representation of that instrument of French refinement in assassination, the guillotine, is submited to the "Gentlemen of the Phalanx" & other well-wishers to the King & Constitution of Great Britain, by their devoted servants at command, The Assassins of the King of France.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 34.6 x 25.6 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1793.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1793.
Subject (Geographic): France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--France--1789-1815.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Louis--XVI,--King of France,--1754-1793--Death and burial.
Subject (Topic): Decapitations.
Executions.
Guillotines (Punishment)

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8304
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 166