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English: French Liberty. British Slavery.

Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.

SUMMARY: A design in two compartments. On the left is a lean and ragged sansculotte, seated on a stool before an open hearth ravenously eating raw onions, while he warms his bare toes at the fire. He is rejoicing. On the right is an immensely fat Englishman dining well, who is complaining about taxation and starvation.

MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, color.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: London : Pubd. by H. Humphrey, December 21st 1792.
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Source Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-6088 (color film copy transparency), uncompressed archival TIFF version (50 MB), level color (pick white and black points), cropped, and converted to JPEG (quality level 88) with the GIMP 2.4.5.
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James Gillray  (1756–1815)  wikidata:Q520806 s:en:Author:James Gillray q:en:James Gillray
 
James Gillray
Alternative names
James Gilray; Gillay; Gillray
Description British caricaturist and engraver
Date of birth/death 13 August 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 1 June 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q520806
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(Reusing this file)		 No known restriction on publication.
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under the digital ID cph.3g06088.
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