French liberty, British Cartoon Print, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows, on the right "Liberty is torn from her Temple by a hired band of Ruffians bound & going to be Sacrificed to the rage of these Ignorant People; ..." and on the left, artists and artisans, a mother with two children, and others are driven away by booted thugs with clubs, at center a spinning wheel burns, a boy adds a book "Fine Arts" to the fire, and an old man breaks in half the staff of Liberty. Additional scenes of merriment and chaos take place in the background.

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8334
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).