Bad News or an Account of the Battle of Tournay and Mons Just Arriv'd Among the Democrats at Paris

Hand-colored etched caricature; 'Two Frenchmen stand in consultation, with gloomy expressions; one (left) stands full face, his hands thrust in his breeches' pockets. He wears a sword. The other (right) bends towards him in profile to the left, saying, "Quel diable d'histoire". He has a long pigtail queue. They are scarcely caricatured, and their dress is neither foppish nor democratically slovenly' -- British Museum Hand-colored etched caricature; 'Two Frenchmen stand in consultation, with gloomy expressions; one (left) stands full face, his hands thrust in his breeches' pockets. He wears a sword. The other (right) bends towards him in profile to the left, saying, "Quel diable d'histoire". He has a long pigtail queue. They are scarcely caricatured, and their dress is neither foppish nor democratically slovenly' -- British Museum Upright, mounted on folio blue paper; margins severely trimmed; slightly spotted. New York, Walter Schatzki, 1961. Caption: Pubd June 1 1792 by S W Fores No 3 Piccadilly