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La consultation (The consultation) (BM 1865,0114.77)

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Satire on the condition of France after its defeat by the Allies in 1815; in the foreground to right a group of four doctorsare seated and deliberate the condition of a bedridden patient, representing France, lies dying at the back of the room to left, while the figure of Death (a skeleton with a scythe) sits on the ground leaning against the back of one of the chairs; three doctors are older men in old-fashioned clothes (representing the Ultras) who have fallen asleep while the fourth is young and stylishly attired (representing the Liberals) and gestures energetically as he suggests cures. 1820

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1820
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art lithographs coloured lithographs in the british museum delacroix delteil 029 lithographs in the british museum prints by eugene delacroix by delteil number prints by eugene delacroix in the british museum high resolution british museum