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La Contre revolution. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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La Contre revolution. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Cartoon showing clergy, nobility, and fugitive counterrevolutionaries, who were against the reforms of the revolution, walking in procession along the Rhine River toward a man, on the left, holding a paper that states a list of charges against the nation, and another man holding a basket of coins. The French flag labeled "Liberté" is planted on soil labeled "Constitution Françoise" on the far left, across the Rhine. Includes a key with numbers corresponding to numbered figures in the print.

Printed at bottom: Se vend à Paris chez le principaux Marchands d'Estampes.
de Vinck, 4419
Blum, 496
UCLA, 5
(DLC/PP-1921:R2.104).
Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1792
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