Vive le Roi! Vive l’Empereur, Vive Le Diable c.1800 Etching with watercolour Purchased by the Hamilton Gallery Trust Fund – T.H. Taylor Bequest 1717
THOSE LICENTIOUS FRENCH
Date 2 December – 30 March 2014
In the 18th century the British considered the French to be the worst example of a free-living people and this carried over into the satirical prints of the time. Featuring the work of William Hogarth and Thomas Rowlandson illustrations of the problematic French have been drawn from the collection to provide a humorous view of the times.