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The freemen triumphant or The mare foal'd of her folly

The freemen triumphant or The mare foal'd of her folly
 (1789)

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
17.5 × 57.3 cm (image) 21.0 × 59.4 cm (plate) 22.2 × 62.1 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Krumbhaar 394; BM Satires 7552
Printing/Publishing
published by S. W. Fores, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Londn (n in superscript) pubd (d in superscript) August 18 by S W Fores No 3 Piccadilly
printed in ink l.c.l.-l.c.r.: the FREEMAN triumphant, or the MARE foal'd of here FOLLY,
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (lines of speech, text on signs and text labelling each figure)
Accession Number
1290-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
caricatures creatures donkeys men (male humans) political cartoons satire (artistic device)
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)