File:The Contrast 1792-Which Is Best.jpg

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Caricature by Thomas Rowlandson after a design by Lord George Murray: The Contrast 1792 / Which Is Best, showing a contrast of "British Liberty" vs. "French Liberty".

On Left: Britannia with a lion at her feet, holding "Magna Carta" and a pole with a liberty (Phrygian) cap on it (instead of the usual trident), to emphasize British liberty under law. A lion is at her feet, and a ship sails off in the background.

Inscription: "Religion, Morality, Loyalty, Obedience to the Laws, Independence, Personal Security, Justice, Inheritance, Protection, Property, Industry, National Prosperity, HAPPINESS."

On Right: Scrawny ill-clad personification of France with Medusa snakes instead of hair, treading on beheaded corpse with man hanged from lantern-post in background.

Inscription: "Atheism, Perjury, Rebellion, Treason, Anarchy, Murder, Equality, Madness, Cruelty, Injustice, Treachery, Ingratitude, Idleness, Famine, National & Private Ruin, MISERY"

Overall question, "Which is best?"

Published on behalf of the Association for the Preservation of Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers, 1792. Hand-coloured etching. British Museum, London.
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Source: Musée de la Révolution française

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Engraved by Thomas Rowlandson after a design by Lord George Murray

Thomas Rowlandson  (1757–1827)  wikidata:Q318584 s:en:Author:Thomas Rowlandson
 
Thomas Rowlandson
Description English painter, drawer, etcher and illustrator
Date of birth/death 13 July 1757 Edit this at Wikidata 21 April 1827 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Old Jewry Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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London, Paris (1774), France, Germany, Italy, Rotterdam (ca. 1794),
Amsterdam (ca. 1794), Netherlands (ca. 1794)
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creator QS:P170,Q318584

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current21:39, 18 April 2009Thumbnail for version as of 21:39, 18 April 20091,088 × 800 (243 KB)Churchh (talk | contribs)margins
10:18, 14 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 10:18, 14 July 20051,153 × 864 (268 KB)Bender235 (talk | contribs)Thomas Rowlandson after a design by Lord George Murray: ''The Contrast 1792/Which Is Best.'' Published on behalf of the Association for the Preservation of Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers, 1792. Hand-coloured etching. British Museum

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