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| Keywords: The Contrast 1792-Which Is Best.jpg 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 Creator Thomas Rowlandson PD-old-100 Caricatures of the United Kingdom Caricatures on the French Revolution 1792 Prints in the British Museum 18th-century etchings 1792 cartoons Britannia Beheadings in art Comparisons Allegories of liberty Caricatures about freedom Engravings by Thomas Rowlandson | ||||
