Reveil du tiers etat - A drawing of a man being taken to the ground

Print shows a nobleman and a clergyman reacting with horror as a member of the Third Estate awakens, throws off the chains of bondage, and reaches for a rifle. The destruction of the Bastille is taking place in the background, and there is a large group of militia with two severed heads on pikes.

Caption: Ma feinte, il étoit tens que je me réveillisse, car l'opression de mes fers me donnions le cochemar un peu trop fort.
Trimmed within plate mark.
de Vinck, 1673/1674
Blum, 39
UCLA, 27
Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).