Graphic Satire with Revolutionary Allegories, 1789

The multi-leaf sheet combines miniature versions of the most popular socially critical revolutionary cartoons such as the fraternization of the three estates at the altar of the motherland (1st row, 2nd picture), the joint forging of the constitution (2nd row, 1st picture) and the victory of the third estate over the clergy and the nobility in the dice game (4th row, 3rd picture). The same motifs were also placed on snuff boxes, medallions, buttons and hand-held fans.

Bilderbogen mit revolutionären Allegorien, coloured etching, 38 x 27.4 cm, France, 1789,  artist unknown; source: Prometheus – Das verteilte Bildarchiv für Forschung und Lehre, Lexikon der Revolutions-Ikonographie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Historisches Institut, https://prometheus-bildarchiv.de/de/ (fee for access).