Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . Plate 29. A cartoon called the Constitution of France, showingNecker borne aloft by the Due dOrleans and Lafayette, while thechains of servitude are trampled under foot. 67 68 The French Revolution A satire of the time entitled The Conclusion ofthe Diet shows the net result of trying to fit thecap of liberty onto the heads of the three orders. r ;);.. \ ,, ] i - j*^ ? i Ht _ -~. ** ^, ; H^i \, 1 m ^^^^^Rpl!^^ vCS^P if i^i i# ?H|^J^/ ^\ M ^B K\ Plate 30. An allegorical representation to the glory of Necker, entitledVirtue surmounts all Obstacl
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . Plate 29. A cartoon called the Constitution of France, showingNecker borne aloft by the Due dOrleans and Lafayette, while thechains of servitude are trampled under foot. 67 68 The French Revolution A satire of the time entitled The Conclusion ofthe Diet shows the net result of trying to fit thecap of liberty onto the heads of the three orders. r ;);.. \ ,, ] i - j*^ ? i Ht _ -~. ** ^, ; H^i \, 1 m ^^^^^Rpl!^^ vCS^P if i^i i# ?H|^J^/ ^\ M ^B K\ Plate 30. An allegorical representation to the glory of Necker, entitledVirtue surmounts all Obstacles. (Remarkable because therecall of Necker is attributed to the Queen.) All have woe-begone expressions of countenance,while everywhere one sees nothing but death anddestruction. The blood-thirstiness of the time is well shown Plate 26, p. 64. Plate 31. An elaborate allegorical representation in which LouisXVI conducts Necker along the path of glory andpresents him to the National 70 The French Revolution forth in some of these artistic productions. In thePatriotic Calculator^ the worthy citizen smilesas he sits before his table of heads—one sees that ofFoulon among the others, with the wisp of hay inits mouth. On his tablet the citizen writes: Due,twenty; paid on account, eight; remainder, The great Step accomplished, or the Dawn ofa fine Day, ^ we see how, over the ruins of theBastile, with one foot planted squarely on theheads of the fallen, the French patriot is hasteningto join hands with Louis XVI so that together theymay govern in the name of the law; while the sun,rising in full splendour, gives promise of brightnessfor the coming day. The next great popular excitement, also mir-rored freely in the artistic productions of the time,was the return of Necker in answer to the invita-tion sent him
Size: 1376px × 1817px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectcaricat, bookyear1912
