Gillray (James) Habits of New French Legislators, and other Public Functionaries

Gillray (James)

Habits of New French Legislators, and other Public Functionaries [French Habits], both series’, comprising 12 hand-coloured etchings printed in brown ink, with stipple and aquatint, various watermarks dated 1794 or 1797, platemarks 260 x 200 mm, sheets c. 390 x 280 mm, plate no.11 only trimmed to image, [BM Satires 9197-9201, 9208-13], Hannah Humphrey, 1798 (12)

***Gillray portrays members of the Whig opposition in the ceremonial robes, or ‘habits’, designed by Jacques-Louis David for public officials of the French Directorate.