A Paris belle., James Gillray, 1794

A companion print to bmsat 8430. Design in an irregular oval. A woman (bust) glares fiercely to the left, her mouth closed and drawn down. Her cap and fichu are decked with tricolour ribbons, and in her cap is a dagger, point upward and dripping blood. Above the design: 'des tetes! - du sang! - la mort! - à la lanterne! - à la guillotine. - point de reine! - je suis la dèesse de la libertè [cf. Bmsat 8350] - l'egalité! - que londres soit brulê! - que paris soit libre!! - vive la guillotine! - ' 26 february 1794 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1794. Dimensions: Height: 250 mm; Width: 172 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. A Paris belle. (BM 1868,0808.6340)