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. 7 november 1796. Hand-coloured etching. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 252 mm; Width: 359 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury. Collection: British Museum. Lord Mum overwhelmed with Parisian embraces (BM 1851,0901.826)
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