Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . T\i rc tie-- Lsilaves Ki re Jt. la Liberte ,„,/„.^,.».,;:t,A- Plate 92. A representation of a foreigner joyfully quitting the land of slavesfor the land of liberty where everything is gay and joyous. 205 206 The French Revolution for reproach either to those here or to thoseoutside. A cartoonist gives us an excellent view of LouisXVIs exact position at this time.^ The King is. Plate 93. A representation showing the eflFect wrought upon an Austrian sfentinel by the first sight of the French national cockade. The Austrian reverses his bayonet and plac


Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . T\i rc tie-- Lsilaves Ki re Jt. la Liberte ,„,/„.^,.».,;:t,A- Plate 92. A representation of a foreigner joyfully quitting the land of slavesfor the land of liberty where everything is gay and joyous. 205 206 The French Revolution for reproach either to those here or to thoseoutside. A cartoonist gives us an excellent view of LouisXVIs exact position at this time.^ The King is. Plate 93. A representation showing the eflFect wrought upon an Austrian sfentinel by the first sight of the French national cockade. The Austrian reverses his bayonet and places his hand upon his heart. dancing on a tight-rope and trying to balancehimself with a pole that is weighted at one endwith the Constitution, at the other with a capcontaining cornucopias full of sweets. The crowdbelow are clamouring for the sweets and causingthe pole to incline very much in their the ground are cornucopias that have already Lettres, ii., 321 (October 19, 1791). Plate 94, p. 207. Probation 207 been emptied. Look out for false Steps is theinscription. Meanwhile, the Constituent Assembly, havingcompleted the work it had sworn in the TennisCourt to perform, prepared to give place to the pmmmmmv^mw^r^


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