Item Summary

"The interior of a hall intended for the French National Assembly. On the extreme left a large tub raised from the ground serves as tribune, its right half only being visible; from this leans a grotesquely caricatured and foppish Frenchman, blowing a trumpet with a force which distends his cheeks. In his right hand are leading-strings supporting a lean youth who stands on the floor leaning forward, a firebrand in his left hand, an electrical rod in his right. From the trumpet of François (de Neufchâteau) issue the words 'Voici un beau Garçon le fils de Dr Pr***tly grand Democrat &c.' Young Priestley addresses the members who are seated on the extreme right under a gallery, travestied as men with the heads of animals (an ass, two frogs, an owl, a boar); he says, "Papa sends me to you for Improvement I will bear true Allegiance &c." They put their fingers to his electrical rod, which emits sparks. This rod is connected by a chain with a large jar inscribed 'Phlogiston from Hackney College'. Above the members the corner of a gallery appears from which three grinning fishwives look down. In the back wall is a large Gothic window."--British Museum online catalogue.

Descriptive Information

Title
Monsieur Francois introduces Master Pr***tly to the National Assembly / JS [monogram] f.
Call Number
E South 11/GC021/Box 09/Normal/18th c./Artists O-Sayer GA 2022.00087
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcsj139d71t
Publisher
[London] : Publd. by Tho. Cornell, 18th June 1792.
Language
English
Date Created
1792
Extent
1 print on wove paper : etching ; plate mark 27.6 x 20 cm., on sheet 30 x 22 cm.
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 6, no. 8108
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated

Discovery Information

Subject
Priestley, William -approximately 1835—Caricatures and cartoons
François de Neufchâteau, Nicolas Louis comte 1750-1828—Caricatures and cartoons
France—Assemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791)—Caricatures and cartoons
Phlogiston—Caricatures and cartoons
Anthropomorphism in art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/358503a7-9d16-42cd-951a-f4fefbe79708/manifest