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The wicked in triumph
Description
English: Two women stand, one in each of two baskets which are fixed pannier-wise across an ass. Each is draped in a sheet and the nearer figure has a rope round her neck. Between their heads is a large open volume, one page inscribed 'Le Gazetier Cuirassé', the other, 'Memoire dune Fille Publique'. In front of the book is the head of Medusa, writhing with serpents, two serpents coming from its mouth. On the back of the ass is a wheel probably signifying that Morande, the writer of the two books whose titles are given, deserved to be broken on the wheel. The ass is covered with a voluminous drapery under the saddle, and from its nose come barbed darts. Behind is a gallows, and in the background on the left a windmill. Beneath the design is inscribed,



"If you know the Gazitier, You will know the Ass" 20 December 1774


Etching and crayon-manner engraving
Depicted people Associated with: Charles Theveneau
Date 1774
date QS:P571,+1774-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 226 millimetres
Width: 153 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.4526
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) A companion print of BMSat 5246 by the same artist.

An attack on Theveneau de Morande. In 1774 his blackmailing of the French Court had been signally successful, see BMSat 5246. The head of Medusa in the design is taken from the frontispiece to 'Le Gazetier Cuirassé; ou Anecdotes Scandaleuses de la Cour de France'. (B.M.L. 1195, d. 6 (1).)
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4526
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(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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