French Revolution, Republican Beau, 1794
Entitled: "A republican beau - a picture of Paris for 1794. Shows a man, a sans-culotte, in ragged red, white, and blue stripe clothing, he holds a spiked club in one hand, wears pistols in his belt on which is written "War Eternal War" and he has a dead infant stuffed into a pocket. In the near background is a guillotine replacing the crucifix, which lies on the ground, on an altar labeled "This is our God" and in the distance several bodies hang from a gibbet. The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire. The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship by Napoleon that rapidly brought many of its principles to Western Europe and beyond. Inspired by liberal and radical ideas, the Revolution profoundly altered the course of modern history, triggering the global decline of absolute monarchies while replacing them with republics. Historians widely regard the Revolution as one of the most important events in human history. Hand-colored etching by Isaac Cruikshank, 1794.
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