Sublime and beautiful reflections on the French revolution, or the man...
Print shows Edmund Burke sitting at a desk on a crescent moon, holding a quill pen, an open "pamphlet" and an inkwell are on the desk, broken chains hang from his wrists; a scene on the front of the desk, label... More
Un peuple est sans honneur, et mérite ses chaines Quand il baisse le f...
Print shows a nude woman pulling back the curtain to a tent to reveal a female figure or mermaid on a bed stabbing a king sitting in a chair; a bust of a satyr is at the head of the bed, and two-faced Justice s... More
Les deux ne font qu'un - A drawing of a goat and a goat in a field
Print shows Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as a two-headed monster pulling in opposite directions; Louis wears the horns of a cuckold and Marie Antoinette has the head of Medusa wearing ostrich feathers. de Vi... More
L'assembleé des aristocrates - A drawing of a large group of people
Print shows a tightly composed group of caricatured heads, including a few animal heads, of the aristocracy. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Cas du manifeste du Duc de Brunswick
Print shows four figures representing foreign nations responding unfavorably to the manifesto issued by the Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg on July 25 1792. A fifth figure representing Fame (an angel with trumpe... More
Adieu Bastille - A drawing of a man with a lion on a leash
Print shows a member of the Third Estate playing a bagpipe, standing next to a tame lion, representing the monarchy, and manipulating marionettes, representing the clergy and the nobility, on a string tied to h... More
Messieurs Delaunay, Flexelles, Berthier, Foulon, et les deux Gardes du...
Print shows Charon accepting the baker Sr. Remy, mistakenly beheaded, into his boat while rejecting several government officials and guardsmen, all who carry their severed heads atop pikes; on the opposite shor... More
Je tient mon pied du bœuf - il faut faire trois choses Le calculateur ...
Print shows (on the left) an aristocrat and a clergyman, each with a hand on a low post, and a member of the Third Estate placing both of his hands on top of the others. "Pied de Bœuf" is a pun on "Œil de Bœuf"... More
Monsieur veto - A drawing of a group of people on a street
Print shows a monstrous giant, representing monarchical veto powers, is welcomed at an entryway by a nobleman; he has scales on his hands and feet, carries a bar used to enchain prisoners, symbolizing despotism... More
L'allégorie est assez claire, pour se passer de comentaire
Print shows the god Mercury/Hermes hung on a gibbet with a ribbon labeled "caisse d'escompte" and his hands bound with a ribbon labeled "traite de comerce"; from his feet hangs a sheet stating "Droits desportat... More
La France Figurée sous un Globe est soutenu du Peuple La Noblesse et l...
Print shows a nobleman dressed as a knight and a bishop standing on either side of a globe which is resting on the shoulders of a member of the Third Estate, indicating that the burden of supporting the state w... More
Défaite des contre révolutionnaires, commandés par le petit Condé
Print shows the retreating counterrevolutionary army of the Prince de Condé following its failed attempt to restore the monarchy in France. Among the caricatured cast of counterrevolutionaries forming Condé's a... More
Revolution, or Johnny Bull in France
Print shows a large bull labeled "Tiers Etat - Orleans" referring to Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orleans, tossing Marie Antoinette into the air as Louis XVI kneels in prayer on the left; standing behind the bu... More
Le cric de la France - A drawing of a woman holding a shield and shiel...
Allegorical print shows a female figure representing France wearing a helmet, breastplate, and shield emblazoned with fleur-de-lis, and holding a spear which rests on a liberty cap on the ground; she is turning... More
Decret de l'assemblee national qui supprime les ordres religieux et re...
Print shows monks and nuns enjoying their new found liberty, some are loading possessions onto horses and wagons, some embrace, one couple kisses while another rides off together on horseback. Caption continue... More
![[L'homme aux assignats] - A group of men standing next to each other](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvbGhvbW1lLWF1eC1hc3NpZ25hdHMtZmRlZDMzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "[L'homme aux assignats] - A group of men standing next to each other")
[L'homme aux assignats] - A group of men standing next to each other
Print shows a man, possibly Armand-Gaston Camus, wearing a garment fashioned entirely from "assignats" (French paper money before the livre), several men (identified by number in the caption) are standing aroun... More
Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et a la nation ce qui est à ...
Print shows a man sitting at a table rendering accounts, standing before the table is a cleric holding a bag of money which he apparently refuses to add to the bags on the table, standing behind the table with ... More
Assemblée des Capucins l'Assemblée des aristocrates, ou l'harmonica de...
Print shows a Capucin monk standing on a platform covered with money bags, ringing a bell, with a bird perched on his head, amid a collection of various jugs, jars, vases, pots (aristocratic dolts or blockheads... More
Eh bien, J-- F--, dira-tu encore vive la noblesse?
Print shows a man, possibly Joseph-François Foullon, on his hands and knees with a woman of the Third Estate, a sword at her side, riding on his back. de Vinck, 2950 Blum, 206 Forms part of: French Political C... More
Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son
Print shows a pig sitting upright on the ground, dressed in ecclesiastical vestiments, on the right is a member of the Third Estate holding a long staff and a bell-like device on a string which he holds up befo... More
En reviendra-t'elle? - A painting of a group of people sitting around ...
Print shows seven royal physicians in consultation over the health of a female figure, representing the new French constitution, slumped in a chair; a clergyman is washing her feet.
Danse aristocrate Il ne sçait sur quel pied danser.
Print shows Abbé Maury walking a tightrope, attended by the devil disguised as a jester, as nobles encourage him from the left, and on the right, a man and woman, representing members of the Third Estate, attem... More
The Kingdom of France is represented under the form of a ship.
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Sous la gloire des augustes maisons de nos princes, Minerve deésse pro...
Print shows Minerva, gazing fondly heavenward, standing on the top level of a tiered checkerboard, holding a pike with banner and a shield with the likeness of Medusa on it; in a pastoral setting is a member of... More
![[The king giving the accolade] / A. Bosse in.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2MzMvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWtpbmctZ2l2aW5nLXRoZS1hY2NvbGFkZS1hLWJvc3NlLWluLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "[The king giving the accolade] / A. Bosse in.")
[The king giving the accolade] / A. Bosse in.
Print shows the Louis XIII sitting on the throne with eight men kneeling before him; scene through windows shows fortifications with cannons, bell tents, and soldiers in formation. Title from shelflist card. Po... More
Figures du traite de la pesanteur de l'air
Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arlequin sur l'Hippogryphe a la croisade Lojoliste Armée van den heyli...
Print shows Louis XIV as the harlequin, with pegged leg, riding on the "hippogryphe" or jackass, leading a holy crusade. He wears a large biretta that also fits over the head of James II sitting behind him; the... More
Henri IV. délibére sur son futur mariage / Rubens, pinxit ; I.M. Natti...
Allegorical scene showing Henry IV, King of France (1533-1610), looking at portrait of his bride-to-be, surrounded by mythological characters.
![[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a beggar laid on top]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDIvdHJvbXBlLWxvZWlsLW9mLWZyZW5jaC1yZXZvbHV0aW9uYXJ5LWFzc2lnbmF0cy13aXRoLWEtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYS1iZWdnYXItYWI4NDg2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/48/webp "[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a beggar laid on top]")
[Trompe-l'oeil of French revolutionary assignats with a portrait of a ...
Print shows a trompe-l'oeil presentation of many French revolutionary assignats in various demoninations, issued between 1789 and 1795, with a full-length portrait of an old man, possibly a beggar, facing left,... More
The signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and of Alliance betwee...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of French art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
![[Isabel de Borbón, full-length portrait, standing, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvaXNhYmVsLWRlLWJvcmJvbi1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC04NGUzNDItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Isabel de Borbón, full-length portrait, standing, facing left]")
[Isabel de Borbón, full-length portrait, standing, facing left]
H129284 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of a painting(?). Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck., British Cartoon P...
Cartoon shows Napoleon, wearing tattered clothing, seated on a low throne; kneeling before him is a pope placing the keys of St. Peter at his feet as he kicks the crown off the popes head, saying "I say remembe... More
Guillaume Sanson - Le royaume de France.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
The solemnization of the marriage between Louis XIV, King of France, a...
Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. LeBlanc, no. 99. Public domain scan of French 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nouvelle carte qui comprend les principaux triangles qui servent de fo...
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
La vieillesse. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Old age. Marsh collection. After a painting by J. Raoux. LeBlanc, no. 11-15. Béraldi, p. 211.
Decoration du Bal Masqué donné par le roy ... / C.N. Cochin filius del...
Decorations at the masked ball given by King Louis XV of France in February 1745, on the occasion of the marriage of his son, the Dauphin, to Marie Therese of Spain; also visible, ballroom interior and numerous... More
Le jeu des echecs C.D. Moor pinxit ; Lépicié sculpsit 1746
Print showing a game of chess, observed by a man with a glass of wine, and a young man surprised to realize his opponent is about to checkmate. Tiré du Cabinet de M. de Julienne, Ecuyer, Chevalier de l'Ordre de... More
La Veuve et son Curé Dedieé à Messieurs les Curés qui portent la paix ...
The widow and her curé. Marsh collection. LeBlanc 60. Heller 11. Béraldi 11.
Destaing. Shewing how he cut the English mens head off
Charles Henri Estaing holding cat by tail in one hand and sword in another.
Charles Gravier comte de Vergennes - conseiller d'Etat ordinaire, mini...
Print shows Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, seated at ornately carved desk featuring portrait of Louis XVI. Includes armorial shield below portrait. S... More
Accurata delineatio celeberrimæ regionis Ludovicianæ vel Gallice Louis...
Print shows in a cartouche a semi-nude female figure standing on a winged orb which rests on a pedestal bearing the title inscription. She holds to her right a cornucopia from which spills coins; on the left si... More
Le tombeau de Voltaire / L.V. inv. ; C.M. sculp.
Print shows the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America personified, respectively, as d'Alembert, Catherine II, Prince Oronoco, and Benjamin Franklin; they are about to honor the tomb of Voltaire when t... More
Le Destin molestant les Anglois, British Cartoon Print
Print shows the Comte d'Estaing presenting a palm frond to America, a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt and holding a staff topped with a liberty cap and who is seated on a throne of bales and barrel... More
Les Anglois molestes et chatiees, Political Cartoon
Print shows 1. a beaming sun with fleur-de-lis shining on 2. a man who resembles George Washington, wearing military uniform and hat labeled "Congress" and "Washington," holding a raised lash in his right hand ... More
Libertas Americana. 4 Juil. 1776 Non sine Diis animosus infans / / des...
Design drawing executed not later than September 1782 by Antoine Esprit Gibelin shows Minerva (representing France) standing, leaning forward, holding a spear in raised right hand and a shield, with a fleur-de-... More
Ou présente à signer un procès verbal aux curés celui qui ligne a des ...
Drawing shows Professor J.A.C. Charles reascending in balloon from the Nesle plain, France, on December 1, 1783, where he had landed shortly before, accompanied by Marie Noel Robert in a two hour journey from P... More
Premier voyage aërien en présence de Mr. le Dauphin / dessine par le C...
Print shows a Montgolfier-style balloon in flight over Paris, France. Remarque shows a balloon in flight surrounded by clouds.
Mr. De Vergennes, ministre des affaires etrangères sous Louis XVI / Bo...
Print shows Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; in oval.
Laurent Guyot - La verite triomphante, engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows, on the upper right, Jacques Necker wearing a toga and standing on clouds above a wall or sarcophagus, holding aloft with his left hand a bust portrait of Louis XVI, and holding at his right shoulde... More
Chasse à la grosse bête - A drawing of an elephant attacking a man on ...
Print shows members of a citizen's militia attacking and severing heads of a great beast, the many-headed Hydra of despotism. The Bastille appears under siege in the background. Includes a long caption, "Couple... More
Il voudrait abbattre ce qui les soutient
Print shows, on the far left, Louis XVI sitting on a throne on a raised pedestal with Jacques Necker at the base holding balance scales and appealing for justice. At center, the clergy, the parliament, and the ... More
Portrait d'aprés nature du Sr. Humbert, Compagnon Horloger, natif de L...
Print shows Sr. Humbert and Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, leaders, respectively, of the second and first assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, half-length portrait, facing each other, each in o... More
Liste de MM les Deputes de la noblesse de Paris
Aristocrats in carriage drawn by two lions on their way to Versailles for the meeting of the Estates General; fierce lion at front; figure of the Republic with club on high platform behind; list of the deputies... More
L'accord - Public domain historical image, Political Cartoon. A couple...
Print shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class, members of the three estates, dining together and drinking a toast to "la santé d'not bon Roi" in a rural setting. Possibly purchased ... More
Le jeu de quilles - A drawing of a man in a blue coat and a man in a p...
Print shows a member of the nobility complaining to a member of the clergy, representing the estates general, while a member of the working class, or third estate, bowling in the background, appears to be monop... More
Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789
Print shows, in a rural setting, a man from the working class or third estate, handing a bag of money to a member of the clergy, who refuses with his right hand, but reaches behind his back with his left hand t... More
Il faut en Goûter - A drawing of a group of people hanging on to a pol...
Print shows a winged globe with fleur-de-lis topped by a green liberty cap labeled "Liberté"; hanging beneath the globe is a balance supporting, on the left, members of the National Assembly demanding "Veto abs... More
La France reçoit des trois ordres les voeux de toutes la nation et les...
Allegory showing France as a woman receiving from the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) the wishes of the nation and presenting them to King Louis XVI and Jacques Necker, who was recalled to offi... More
Pal sangué Mr. l'Prieur v'la l'coup
Print with two scenes, one labeled "Le jeu de hazard" shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class; the other labeled "Le goute patriotique" shows members of the three estates dining toge... More
L'accord parfait - A painting of three men in period clothing
Print shows three men representing the nobility, the clergy, and the third estate playing musical instruments. The nobleman, on the left, is playing a bagpipe, the cleric, on the right, is playing a recorder an... More
"Rosine! Rosine! Ma chère Rosine! Je jure que je t'adore"
Print shows an abbé rushing into the bedroom of "Rosine" professing his love for her, the woman (possibly intended to be a caricature of Marie Antoinette) stands to receive him with open arms, saying "Non, non,... More
Reveil du tiers etat - A drawing of a man being taken to the ground
Print shows a nobleman and a clergyman reacting with horror as a member of the Third Estate awakens, throws off the chains of bondage, and reaches for a rifle. The destruction of the Bastille is taking place in... More
Alphabeth de la Bourbonnoise - Public domain dedication image
Print shows nude female figure forming the letters of the alphabet. Irregularly trimmed within plate mark. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Portrait d'apres nature du Sr. Harné natif de Dôle en Franche Comté Gr...
Print shows Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, and Sr. Humbert, leaders, respectively, of the first and second assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, full-length portrait, standing, facing each other... More
Sans vous je périssoit - Public domain book illustration, Library of C...
Allegory showing three soldiers saving "France" who is falling from a cliff and a monument to the taking of the Bastille in the background. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Holland in 1790. Source:... More
Nouvelle place de la Bastille - A drawing of a man holding a baby in f...
Cartoon shows Louis XVI standing on a pedestal with one foot on the hydra of despotism(?) from which five of seven heads have been severed; on the left, a clergyman offers him a gold coin, and on the right, a S... More
Il faut faire 3 choses - A drawing of three men standing next to each ...
Print shows figures of the estates general; a member of the clergy and a nobleman each place a hand on short pillar labeled "Je tien mon pied de bœuf"; a peasant, representing the third estate, places both of h... More
La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...
Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More
![[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvMy1vcmRlcnMtcHJvY2VlZGluZy10by12ZXJzYWlsbGVzLW1heS0xNzg5LTVjZjNiZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]")
[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]
Print shows ornate carriage in which are riding well-dressed people with horns growing out of their heads. The carriage is drawn by two horned deer; standing on a platform at the rear is a women holding a baton... More
La coup des bois - A drawing of a man falling off a horse
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, possibly a woman, kneeling on top of a fallen friar, cutting wooden branches or horns from his head. Caption continues: Quel besogne, Grand Dieu ni moi ni mes petits e... More
![L'espoir de la France / N. Trevisiani del. ; Verité sulpsit [sic].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvbGVzcG9pci1kZS1sYS1mcmFuY2Utbi10cmV2aXNpYW5pLWRlbC12ZXJpdGUtc3VscHNpdC1zaWMtMjkwYTY2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/44/webp "L'espoir de la France / N. Trevisiani del. ; Verité sulpsit [sic].")
L'espoir de la France / N. Trevisiani del. ; Verité sulpsit [sic].
Allegorical print showing Father Time parting the stormy skies of recent days to reveal Louis XVI eagerly accepting the truth offered by Justice and the arrival of Jacques Necker, recalled on 16 July 1789, as F... More
Trois tetes sous l'meme bonnet - A painting of a man sitting in front ...
Print shows a neatly dressed man sitting on a bundle surrounded by implements of the Third Estate and holding a large triangle topped with a liberty cap, within the triangle are images of a cleric, an aristocra... More
Quand ce ra la Poule au Pot - A drawing of a man holding a bird in his...
Print shows a poor old man sliding a chicken onto a long spit. Trimmed within plate mark. de Vinck, 2890 Blum, 27 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Journée memorable du 6 Octobre 1789
Print shows members of the Gardes du Corps who had been disarmed, joined by the National Guard, and the market-women of Paris who had marched on Versailles in the preceding days, now making the return trip to P... More
Le Souhait accompli v'la comme j'avions toujours désiré que ça fut.
Cartoon showing three men representing the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) embracing and standing on red, white, and blue sheets marked "haine," "grandeurs," and "benefices." (National Assembly... More
Par moy vous êtes tous freres - A black and white drawing of a man hol...
Print shows on the right, a woman, "la réligion" (possibly representing the Virgin Mary), labeled no. 1, standing, holding a cross illuminated by the sun, on the left, a cluster of figures includes an angel-lik... More
Le mea culpa du Prince Lambesc -- sans restitution point de salut
Print shows three men representing the nobility, the clergy, and the third estate meeting beneath a tree against which is sitting Prince de Lambesc, while workmen demolish the Bastille in the background. May sy... More
Reveil du Tiers Etat, ma feinte, il doit tems que je me revillise, car...
Clergyman and aristocrat recoiling from figure representing Third Estate, who is picking up chains and guns; storming of the Bastille in background.
Honneurs rendus à la Pauvreté en l'Eglise de St. Jacques de la Boucher...
Print shows draperies being hung on the walls of Church of St. Jacques de la Boucherie as a crowd of working class men, women, and children, many carrying torches, accompany a coffin carried by two men during a... More
J'suis du Tiers-ètat - A drawing of a man holding a glass of wine
Print shows a cobbler, representing the Third Estate, walking to the right, holding up a bottle and a glass. Trimmed within plate mark. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Holland in 1790. Source: Kat... More
Allons plus de distinction ce malheur commun nous rend égaux
Print shows a member of the aristocracy and a member of the Third Estate embracing in a courtyard, they both wear the horns of cuckoldry which they consider a common misery among all classes; a woman leaning ov... More
Frontispiece to Reflections on the French revolution, British Cartoon ...
Print shows Edmund Burke on bended knee as though proposing to a vision which appears before him of Marie Antoinette, while a cherub touches his head with a firebrand emitting the sparks of romance. Includes e... More
Menagerie nationale - A drawing of a group of people standing in front...
Print shows a harlequin standing on a makeshift stage with three cages on it containing members of the clergy and the nobility, and flying a banner "Collection d'Animaux Feroces et Traitres". The first cage is ... More
Le pied de néz - dedié aux aristocrates
Print shows two angels, one standing on a globe and holding a sword, the other, as Fame, soaring above at right, holds a laurel crown and blows a horn; in the foreground, blown over by the force of the angels, ... More
Vie très croyable des moines / N. Walkcheim inv. & sculp.
Scenes showing monk holding skull and preaching to crowd from pulpit, monks dining at table with three women, and preparing food in kitchen. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Le maitre de danse des aristocrates, allons donc l'Abbe cochon en mesu...
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, with a turkey-cock at his side, beating a drum and wielding a whip to make dance a pig dressed as an abbot and a dog dressed in Spanish clothing. de Vinck, 3677 Blum, ... More
Anecdote arrivée á Louis XVI, quelques jours aprés sa residence á Pari...
Scene in Paris plaza between King Louis XVI and a boy begging for money. The boy calls the king Monsieur le Chevalier but is directed to call him "l'aine de la famille" [family elder] by another man in the stre... More
![Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvY2VsYS1uZS1zZS1kaXQtcGFzLW1haXMtY2VsYS1zZS1kZXZpbmUtYXYtbW9ub2dyYW0tNzMyYTFiLTEwMjQuanBn/40/62/webp "Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].")
Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].
Print shows an aristocratic-looking couple in a street or courtyard. The woman is standing, facing front, next to a wall, urinating beneath her dress. She holds the hat, umbrella, and walking stick (emblems of ... More
Smelling out a rat; or the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his ...
Print shows Richard Price seated at a desk, he turns to look over his right shoulder at a vision of an enormous Edmund Burke, his spectacles, nose, and hands emerge from the haze, a crown in one hand and a cros... More
Le corps Aristocratique sous la figure d'une femme expirant dans les b...
Print shows a plainly-dressed female figure dying in the arms of a man, representing the nobility, as two other men, one checking her pulse, stand nearby.
Le concert L'essentielle est d'accorder nos instruments pour que l'har...
Print shows three men playing musical instruments; they represent the clergy, the aristocracy, and the third estate. Trimmed within plate. de Vinck, 2050/2051 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection... More
Le demenagement du clergé J'ai perdu mes benefices, rien n'égale ma do...
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 t... More
Les moines aprenant à faire l'exercise
Cartoon showing four men, monks, wearing the uniform of the National Guard marching in a disorderly manner. Caption continues: ...avec de la patience nous en viendrons about et avec le temps nous marcherons com... More
Le Pied de nez ou l'aristocratie ecrasée
Aristocrat with crown, clergy with long noses, triumphant figures of the Republic, destruction of the aristocracy.
La visite du camp par les commissaires aristocrates
Print shows an aristocrat and a clergyman at a military camp to inspect the troops are confronted by three jeering soldiers. de Vinck, 3682 Blum, 528 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library... More
Le tems donnant les cendres à la noblesse et au clergé
Print shows Father Time flying past an altar on which the privileges of the nobility and the clergy are being burned; he is annointing the forehead of one priest with the ashes of the consummed documents as ano... More
Assemblée nationale, abandon de tous les privileges, à Versailles scea...
Print shows the Assemblée nationale meeting in a large room with amphitheater seating as members of the clergy and the nobility come forward to renounce their priviledges. No. 4 from the series "Principales Jo... More
Confederation Nationale du 14 Juillet 1790 Aux deux soutiens de la lib...
Print shows a central scene at the National Federation festivities recognizing the union of the three estates with a display on a tiered stage illuminated by torches and with many figures making salutory gestur... More
Chute prochaine de la fille a Target
Print shows a hay wagon driven by a monk behind three horses, "la Guerre, la Bangueroute et un Marie Jacobin," who are harassed by "Jokais" of the constitution, "la Famine, la Rage, le Sacrilége, le Désespoir, ... More