The second plate in a series of four images, this engraving imagines a consequence of a French invasion in Britain. In this scene a band of French invaders sets about vandalizing the House of Lords. The French troops are engaged in tearing and burning the wallcoverings off the walls and have set up a guillotine at the head of the room. Reigning over the room, the carving over the guillotine reads; "Confusion to All Order."
Notes:
Published by John Miller, 1798-03-01. Published at a later date by John Miller, the sheet in the Hay library is a copy after Gillray's engraving and is reduced in size. George notes that when this propagandistic series was originally begun under the direction of Dalrymple, it was to have consisted of twenty images, each with descriptive text along the bottom of the image. The partnership between Dalrymple and Gillray quickly fizzled, the subscriptions were abandoned, and the plates were sold to Mrs. Humphrey by Gillray.
Caption: We Explain de Rights of Man to de Noblesse- Scene the House of Lords.
Caption: London Published by John Miller Bridge Street W. Blackwood Edinburgh
"We explain de rights of man to de noblesse - Scene, the House of Lords"
(1798).
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Napoleonic Satires from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
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