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A Peep into the Cave of Jacobinism, or Magna est Veritas et praevalebit, 1798 (etching...

A Peep into the Cave of Jacobinism, or Magna est Veritas et praevalebit, 1798 (etching on paper)
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Image title
A Peep into the Cave of Jacobinism, or Magna est Veritas et praevalebit, 1798 (etching on paper)
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Gillray, James (1757-1815) / English
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Location
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
Medium
etching on paper
Date
1798 AD (C18th AD)
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19.7x26 cms
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Published by Hannah Humphrey (1779-1882). Female personification of Truth holding a torch and illuminating a cave (from which the Lethean stream emerges) and a serpent-like figure of 'Jacobinism' who cowers from the irradiating rays which set alight pamphlets entitled: 'Libels', 'Defamation', 'Sedition', 'Ignorance', 'Anarchy', 'Atheism', 'Abuse'.

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky / Bridgeman Images
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angel / France / Europe / Gillray James (1757-1815) / England / United Kingdom / artist / art / cherub / left-wing / french politics / cavern / destruction / oblivion / print / destroy / revolutionary / light / forgetfulness / grotto / parody / radical / jacobinism / political commentary / fire / revolution / satirical / flames / illuminate / illustration / satire / Engraving / Mzengraving

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