A grotesque monster, nude and hairy, representing the Constitution of the Year III, stands against the trunk of L'Arbre de Liberté (right) with upraised hands. The tree, emblem de l'Arbre de Connoissance, withered branches in which fantastic serpents are twined. One of these, having a human head and arms ...is evidently ' Print, aquatint, colour with small applications of gold leaf.


A grotesque monster, nude and hairy, representing the Constitution of the Year III, stands against the trunk of L'Arbre de Liberté (right) with upraised hands. The tree, emblem de l'Arbre de Connoissance, withered branches in which fantastic serpents are twined. One of these, having a human head and arms ...is evidently ' Print, aquatint, colour with small applications of gold leaf.


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