Le demenagement du clergé J'ai perdu mes benefices, rien n'égale ma douleur.

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Le demenagement du clergé J'ai perdu mes benefices, rien n'égale ma douleur.

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Print shows a group of ecclesiastical figures departing a church with what remains of their belongings (following the November 1789 decree by the National Assembly regarding church property); at the center of the procession is a portly cardinal reclining atop a large wagon, holding a bottle of wine in one hand, smoking, and leering at two nuns walking along side the wagon.

Caption continues: Nous allons à la grace de Dieu.
Trimmed within plate mark.
de Vinck, 3047
Blum, 122
Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "Representing Revolution : French & British Images, 1789-1804" at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, Sept. 15-Nov. 1, 1989.

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01/01/1790
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