Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . l Assembly, was there a spec-tacle at once more agreeable and more impressivethan that of this army, at the moment of swearingto shed its last drop of blood for liberty, dancingaroimd the altar of the fatherland under the gazeof the legislators. One sees from this why an artist thought itworth while to include the dancing members in hisrepresentation of the scene. But it must bechronicled that some persons did not view theepisode in the same light. Count Axel Fersen, aSwedish military attache and the especial friendof the Queen, is aghast at the wan
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . l Assembly, was there a spec-tacle at once more agreeable and more impressivethan that of this army, at the moment of swearingto shed its last drop of blood for liberty, dancingaroimd the altar of the fatherland under the gazeof the legislators. One sees from this why an artist thought itworth while to include the dancing members in hisrepresentation of the scene. But it must bechronicled that some persons did not view theepisode in the same light. Count Axel Fersen, aSwedish military attache and the especial friendof the Queen, is aghast at the want of disciplineexhibited by men who called themselves had seen them run up to the altar, seize apriest and two monks, force caps and guns uponthem, and then parade them round the field sing-ing and dancing as savages do before eating aChristian. We need not dwell on the evolutions, the cheers,the vows, the frantic enthusiasm for Lafayettewhose very legs were covered with kisses as he sat Plate 66, p. 141. = Klinckowstrom, p. Plate 67. A representation of the typical Conquerorof the B as tile. 143 144 The French Revolution on horseback; the celebration of mass on the altarof the fatherland by three hundred priests wear- :^ m. ^^ 1 m 1 I^K ^r::^«>,.^ J \ j l*i ?ywmMii ffg^^W****** 1 L-J i^^X^ ?^ ^^^iii ^M te^ &* ^ti • ? S^s^/f ^^ ^vy^* ;-sky-. P .• <? /, V^V//,////// . / /////././•,/ ?//. ,V , , .//,//,-A /,/,/;,/.////? /.,.«/ /. ..;„ ,/, /„/,/, / ..,?..,/,, .,.,« .... /////;/ /-,., Plate 68. A representation of the dancing on the ruins of the Bastile on theanniversary of the fall of the fortress. ing tri-coloured scarves; the consecration of thebanners of the eighty-three departments. The radicals were angry because the King hadtaken the oath from his seat in the gallery and noton the altar of the fatherland; because white flagshad waved among the tri-coloured ones; becausethe royal family had been too warmly applauded, Fraternity 145 and last
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