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The French lawyer in London
Description
English: A man-monster of repulsive appearance, wearing the bands of a lawyer, and a long cloak which trails on the ground. A pair of pistols is stuck through his belt. He has pointed animal's ears, on his head are open pamphlets among which serpents writhe. His feet and hands are the paws of a lion or tiger; he has a bushy tail. In his left. paw he holds by the hair a woman's head and a pen; in his right. (appearing from under his cloak) are scales loaded with coins, a dagger, the hilt of a sword, to which is attached a seal (?). Beneath the design is engraved: "The Body Soul & Mind of the Gazetier Cuirassé." 10 December 1774
Etching and crayon-manner engraving
Depicted people Representation of: Charles Theveneau
Date 1774
date QS:P571,+1774-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 225 millimetres
Width: 151 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.4525
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) A companion print to BMSat 5247.

A symbolical portrait of the swindler and blackmailer Charles Theveneau, who called himself Chevalier de Morande. Having fled from France on account of a libel he had written, he arrived in London destitute, and lived on vice followed by blackmail. He published in 1771 an attack on the Court of France called 'Le Gazetier Cuirassé' and followed this up by other scurrilous but well-informed pamphlets on Court scandals in France. In 1774 he had ready for publication 'Mémoires secrets d'une Femme Publique', i.e. Mme du Barry, compared with which he said the 'Gazetier Cuirassé' was rose-water. The woman's head in the print appears to be that of the du Barry. The French Court made repeated efforts to secure Morande, but failed. In Mar. 1774, Beaumarchais came to London and negotiated the destruction of the whole edition for 32,000 livres and a pension of 4,000 livres, evidently symbolized by the money in the scales. See P. Robiquet, 'Theveneau de Morande', Paris, 1882. Beaumarchais and Morande at this date used to meet supporters of the American Colonies at the house of Wilkes. Kite, 'Beaumarchais and American Independence', 1918, ii. pp.56.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4525
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