THE COMMITTEE OF REMOTE (Removals), David Hess, 1796

The interior of a church or crypt, indicated by a stone wall with funeral monuments, and a flagged floor in which old graves have been violated. A soldier tramples on a skeleton, another levers up a flag-stone. Behind, a boy in military uniform, in back view, urinates upon a skull. A citizen raises a mallet in both hands to deface a large monument against the wall, on which is the figure of a bearded man in sixteenth-century armour, which partly obscures the lettering on the tomb: 'wil. [f]riso princ. Araus na. . '. A tomb beside it (right), headed by a pyramid of skulls, is 'f. W: \ com: nassov. \ obiit \ anno. \. ' there are other broken tombstones, one inscribed 'princ: araus'. A plumed helmet and blazoned shield lie on the ground. 'c'est ainsi qu'en frise les amis de la liberté ont détruit jusqu'à la mémoire de leurs anciens tyrans. . ' text, 'leviticus', xviii. 27. 1796 etching printed in red. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 258 mm; Width: 210 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. HET COMMITTE' VAN REMOTE (Removals) (BM 1851,0901.1326)