Cartoon titled 'The Triumph of the Religion'. The cartoon depicts Pope Pius VII, Cardinal Caprara, and other members of the clergy (right centre) seeking to receive the spirit of light from the beneficial rays emitting from a dove (top centre) parting the dark clouds of ignorance and intolerance. Jesus (top right) sits holding a crown of roses and extending palm fronds to the Virgin Mary, with a nun at her side. An archangel (top left) strike women revolutionaries with bolts of lightening from his shield. A fiery pit (bottom left) claims other revolutionaries.


Cartoon titled 'The Triumph of the Religion'. The cartoon depicts Pope Pius VII, Cardinal Caprara, and other members of the clergy (right centre) seeking to receive the spirit of light from the beneficial rays emitting from a dove (top centre) parting the dark clouds of ignorance and intolerance. Jesus (top right) sits holding a crown of roses and extending palm fronds to the Virgin Mary, with a nun at her side. An archangel (top left) strike women revolutionaries with bolts of lightening from his shield. A fiery pit (bottom left) claims other revolutionaries. A group of new believers (bottom right) pray. Dated 19th Century


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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
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