Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . tif;,t*<ii cra/^ru/cr /W (/,////// /v . /i//;! Plate 62. A contemporary illustration showing the people of Paris at work transforming the Champ de Mars in preparation for the Fete. 133 134 The French Revolution began picking and delving. Gaily dressed womenwith waving feathers in their hats and with theblush of rouge still on their cheeks wielded pick-axes or carried earth or pushed wheelbarrowsand carts. Side by side with them worked ahhesand curates. We can see them toiling thus in two. Plate 63. Another view of the people of Paris at work on t
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . tif;,t*<ii cra/^ru/cr /W (/,////// /v . /i//;! Plate 62. A contemporary illustration showing the people of Paris at work transforming the Champ de Mars in preparation for the Fete. 133 134 The French Revolution began picking and delving. Gaily dressed womenwith waving feathers in their hats and with theblush of rouge still on their cheeks wielded pick-axes or carried earth or pushed wheelbarrowsand carts. Side by side with them worked ahhesand curates. We can see them toiling thus in two. Plate 63. Another view of the people of Paris at work on the Champ de Mars. of our In another,^ purely imag-inary of course, the King himself has taken a Revolutions de Paris, with some exaggera-tion, speaks of 300,000 persons as taking part inthese labours. All greeted each other, we are told,and talked together. The young people danced,sang, waved branches of trees, and otherwise dis-ported themselves in the neighbourhood. That Plate 62, p. 133. Plate 63, p. above. J Plate 64, p. 135.
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