Lord Malmesbury's coach is drawn (right to left) by French poissardes, grotesque and with bare pendent breasts. A cheering crowd fills the street; bonnets-rouges are waved and thrown into the air. He puts his head through the carriage window to kiss a 'poissarde', waving his cocked hat. Another woman (left) says, "my turn next". A sansculotte dances on the roof of the coach, urinating on the royal crown which decorates it, waving his bonnet-rouge, and singing "Caira Cair &amp;c." Two of Malmesbury's footmen are carried on the shoulders of 'poissardes' behind the coach; a boy picks the pocket of one of them. Among the ragged crowd a Jew and a man playing a fiddle are conspicuous. People cheer from the windows of a house which forms a background. 7 November 1796.
<br>Hand-coloured etching
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<p>Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank
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<dl><dd>Published by: S W Fores</dd></dl></div>
1796<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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