La Contre revolution. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Summary
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).
Tags
Date
01/01/1792
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.