About this image...

Image Title: The Doctor Indulged With His Favorite Scene, circa 1790

Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, artist

Date: 1790? Dec. 12.

Summary: Cartoon shows cleric Dr. Richard Price, kneeling on a crown with a demon on his back, peering through a peep-hole into the royal bedroom at Versailles, watching ruffians destroy the Queen's bed and bedroom in search of her; Queen Marie Antoinette is seen fleeing down a staircase.

Subjects: Beds--1790
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Destruction & pillage
Marie Antoinette,--Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France,--1755-1793--Assassination attempts
Price, Richard,--1723-1791--Ethics
Riots--France--Paris--1790

Original Media: Etching

Collections: Cartoon Prints, British » more info...

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