File:Hell Broke Loose, or, The Murder of Louis (BM 1948,0214.450).jpg

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Hell Broke Loose, or, The Murder of Louis   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: William Dent

Published by: James Aitken
Title
Hell Broke Loose, or, The Murder of Louis
Description
English: Satire on the execution of Louis XVI; the king kneeling under the guillotine operated by two winged devils; Abbé Edgeworth kneeling in front of him, with crucifix and prayer's book; angel playing trumpet among clouds surrounded by devils flying above; army of sans-culottes holding bayonets in the foreground. 25 (?) January 1793
Hand-coloured etching
Date 1793
date QS:P571,+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 250 millimetres
Width: 338 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1948,0214.450
Notes Though more comical than pathetic, this print has the distinction of being almost certainly the first response by an English caricaturist to the execution of Louis XVI.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1948-0214-450
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