"J.G. Ft / Pub. 25th.Fcb. 1796 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street" James Gillray fue un famoso grabador y caricaturista británico. (1756/1815). Madame Tallien (Teresa Cabarrús), nació en Carabanchel alto en 1773 y murió en Chimay en 1835. Residió en París. En 1793 se convirtió en la amante de Tallien, con quien se casó en 1794. Arrestada por las autoridades republicanas, su juicio fue uno de los desencadenantes del golpe de estado de Termidor (1794).
Otras explicaciones del grabado :
The subject of the print is not clear. Gillray had issued an earlier print of "Doublures", portraits of named persons with a second portrait indicating that person's secret character. The present mulatto woman, elaborately coiffed and bejewelled, presumably indicates the secret character of Madame Tallien, i.e. Thérésa Cabarrus, Madame Tallien (1773-1835), a wealthy Spanish woman who had married the French revolutionary Jean Lambert Tallien, and was subsequently Princesse de Chimay. "The negroid suggestion derives from the hair of the original, which is arranged in a mop of ringlets." (British Museum catalogue, loc. cit.) Mme Taillien wore her hair in that style. In the background hangs a painting entitled: "Havanna", presumably indicating the woman's origin in Cuba or the Caribbean. There may be a comparison between the French revolutionaries and the proponents of the Haitian revolution (1791-1803) |