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.

Date

1792

Source

Source: Musée de la Révolution française

Museum of the French Revolution

	Native name	Musée de la Révolution française
	Location	Vizille
	Coordinates	45° 04′ 32″ N, 5° 46′ 23″ E
	Established	1983
	Website	http://www.domaine-vizille.fr
	Authority file	: Q2389498 VIAF : 141488728 ISNI : 0000000123243759 ULAN : 500312690 LCCN : n85154456 GND : 1211686-5 WorldCat

Author

Engraved by Thomas Rowlandson after a design by Lord George Murray



Description	English painter, drawer, etcher and illustrator
Date of birth/death	13 July 1757	21 April 1827
Location of birth/death	Old Jewry	London
Work location	London , Paris (1774), France , Germany , Italy , Rotterdam (ca. 1794), Amsterdam (ca. 1794), Netherlands (ca. 1794)
Authority file	: Q318584 VIAF : 56672964 ISNI : 0000000121341830 ULAN : 500006930 LCCN : n50022330 NLA : 35465846 WorldCat

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British Museum

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1792

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