Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . t the goldencrown and sceptre should be publicly broken inpieces. We have a German puzzle that seems to refer tothis episode.^ It is entitled Four secret silhou-ettes of extraordinary resemblance. Two arethe King and Queen of England and two are Theunhappy King and Queen of France. The hydraof revolution is tearing with its teeth at the lilyof France. With the folds of its body it has sun-dered the crown and broken the sword and thesceptre. The silhouettes, which really are goodlikenesses, will be discovered by the reader withthe smallest expenditur
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . t the goldencrown and sceptre should be publicly broken inpieces. We have a German puzzle that seems to refer tothis episode.^ It is entitled Four secret silhou-ettes of extraordinary resemblance. Two arethe King and Queen of England and two are Theunhappy King and Queen of France. The hydraof revolution is tearing with its teeth at the lilyof France. With the folds of its body it has sun-dered the crown and broken the sword and thesceptre. The silhouettes, which really are goodlikenesses, will be discovered by the reader withthe smallest expenditure of patience. How the victories now piled up! On October 2 istCustine took Mainz; on November 6th, Dumouriezdefeated the Austrians at Genappes; or the 27thSavoy was annexed as an eighty-fourth departmentof France. One can well imagine the enthusiasm Plate 130, p. 304 306 The French Revolution of the rulers of the infant republic. The presidentof the National Assembly, referring to the fact thatMont Blanc was in the new department, declared. Plate 131. A symbolical representation of victory,traversing the republic. that Libertys throne on the summit of thatmountain was the only throne in Europe that wasnot tottering, and that the goddess herself wouldsoon be embracing the whole universe. There are War 307 a number of artistic productions that deal with thetheme.
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