Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . Plate 17. Facsimile of medals commemorating the harmony of the threeestates in the summer of 1789 46 Liberty 47 sword; and Commerce, the bundle of hemp andvarious implements. Not alone in broadsides and loose-sheet engrav-ings, but also on coins and medals^ do we see this iHM- a / ??11-r.:^ ri \.. Plate 18. A cartoon representing the third estate awakening from his longslumber, casting off his chains and terrifying the other two estates. new harmony of the estates celebrated with ingen-ious allegories and patriotic utterances. It allshows with what
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . Plate 17. Facsimile of medals commemorating the harmony of the threeestates in the summer of 1789 46 Liberty 47 sword; and Commerce, the bundle of hemp andvarious implements. Not alone in broadsides and loose-sheet engrav-ings, but also on coins and medals^ do we see this iHM- a / ??11-r.:^ ri \.. Plate 18. A cartoon representing the third estate awakening from his longslumber, casting off his chains and terrifying the other two estates. new harmony of the estates celebrated with ingen-ious allegories and patriotic utterances. It allshows with what breathless interest these firstexperiments in government by representatives werefollowed by the country at large. A new series of events gave a fresh direction to » Plate 17, p. 46. 48 The French Revolution artistic endeavour. But first we must trace brieflythe rapid decline of the royal power. Louis XVI could neither lead nor follow; heblew neither hot nor cold; his acts and his wordsdid not agree. On June 30th, eleven of his guardswho had sworn to disregard any orders that mightseem to be directed against the National Assemblywere incarcerated; they were released by the moband Louis XVI pardoned them. A few days later,there was general panic and dismay at the newsthat royal troops were converging on Paris andVersailles. Mirabeau,
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