Magic lantern show during French Revolution
An imaginary magic lantern show during the French Revolution -- a sans culotte operates the lantern for the benefit of Georges Dandin (King George III) and the British Prime Minister William Pitt, after the Battle of Fleurus. They are both suitably astonished at the depiction of current events in France, while a young republican boy sits on a box playing the tune Ca Ira
Picture No
10502593
Media ID
48007787
Size
4313px x 3704px
(4.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Retrograph Collection
Source
Engraving
Date
26 June 1794
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1790s 1794 Astonished Astonishment Culotte Dandin Defiance Defiant Depiction Fleurus Guillotine Gunpowder Operating Projector Retrograph Sans Tune Xenophobia
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