The apotheosis of Hoche

British Museum catalogue: " A complicated and symmetrical design. Hoche, seated on a rainbow which spans a landscape undergoing military devastation, plays a guillotine as if it were a lyre. He is a handsome young man wearing only a cloak and sash in which is a pair of pistols. He has just kicked off his two heavy spurred jack-boots which fall towards the ground and is unconscious of a falling noose which is about to encircle his neck. His head is surrounded by a circular glory of rays which is framed by the winged and decollated heads of Jacobin cherubs shouting hymns of praise; three open books are the 'Marsellois Hymn' flanked by 'Ca Ira.' These cherubs, who completely encircle Hoche, wear bonnets-rouges; blood gushes from their necks...." British Museum catalogue: " A complicated and symmetrical design. Hoche, seated on a rainbow which spans a landscape undergoing military devastation, plays a guillotine as if it were a lyre. He is a handsome young man wearing only a cloak and sash in which is a pair of pistols. He has just kicked off his two heavy spurred jack-boots which fall towards the ground and is unconscious of a falling noose which is about to encircle his neck. His head is surrounded by a circular glory of rays which is framed by the winged and decollated heads of Jacobin cherubs shouting hymns of praise; three open books are the 'Marsellois Hymn' flanked by 'Ca Ira.' These cherubs, who completely encircle Hoche, wear bonnets-rouges; blood gushes from their necks...." Pubd. 11th [? Jan.] 1798 by H. Humphrey, 27, St James's Street, London Label(s): Equality Label(s): Assignats Label(s): Roland the Martyr. Condorcet. Progrès de l'esprit. Poison. Recit de mes Perils. Marat the Martyr. Pétion starv'd [to] Death. Barbaroux starved to Death. Text: no other God but me. upon the thirtieth & fortieth generation, & shalt have no Mercy at all. Denounce thy Father & thy Mother that thy days may [obscured] Thou shalt Murder. Thou shalt commit Adultery. Thou shalt bear false witness. Thou shalt covet thy Neighbours House & every thing that is his. Thou [obscured]