The Knight of the Woeful Countenance Going to Extirpate the National Assembly

1790

Frederick George Byron

Artist, British, 1764 - 1792

William Holland

Publisher, British, 1757 - 1815

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, hand-colored in watercolor, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36.4 × 25.2 cm (14 5/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.5 × 26.8 cm (15 3/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.197.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: THE KNIGHT OF THE WOFUL COUNTENANCE / GOING TO EXTIRPATE THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.; upper center in image: DODSLEY BOOKSELLER; in image on shield: SHIELD OF ARISTOCRACY AND DESPOTISM.; in image on book: Reflections / on the / French / Revolution; lower center in image: London Pub.d Nov 15 1790 by Wm Holland N 50 Oxford Street.; lower center in plate: It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem pardoxical, but in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying / faults... / ...Burke on the French Revolution. Page 250 / In Holland's Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of Caricatures Admittance one Shilling

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