Prend courage Marie Jeanne le bon temps va revenir (BM J,4.128)
Summary
Satire on early phases of the Revolution: a cobbler working on a shoe addresses his wife who holds a loaf labelled 'tiers-etats', a tankard labelled 'clergé', and a side of meat labelled 'noblesse'; at the left a cat sits on a sheet headed 'Esperance pour 1790'. October 1789
Hand-coloured etching
Date
1789
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain