French Revolution 1789. Anti-clerical caricature on confiscation of wealth of the Church. Physician is saying to cleric 'Monsignor you are going to be purged of all riches for your own Salvation'. Contemporary hand-coloured engraving.

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French Revolution 1789. Anti-clerical caricature on confiscation of wealth of the Church. Physician is saying to cleric 'Monsignor you are going to be purged of all riches for your own Salvation'. Contemporary hand-coloured engraving.

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