Army of Jugs

Army of Jugs

This color drawing, produced in 1793 at the request of the Committee of Public Safety and then published as an engraving, caricatures the British army and its king, George III, as incompetent, who, despite fine uniforms, cannot defeat shoddily clad, yet energetic sans–culottes (on the left), who humiliate the British by defecating on the advancing troops. The British vainly try to respond with cannons in the shape of clysters, medical devices used to administer enemas. The key below indicates the particular British figures, notably Charles James Fox and George III, being satirized.

Jacques Louis David

1794

Public Domain

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/15/|<span>Collection de Vinck. <em>Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870</em>. Vol. 26 (pièces 4348-4477), Ancien Régime et Révolution</span>

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French

15

Engraving

30.5 x 50 cm

Explication