Allegory of the reign of terror of the revolutionary Joseph le Bon, Les formes acerbes (title on object), Allegory of the reign of terror of the French revolutionary Joseph le Bon in the years 1793-1794. Le Bon standing between two guillotines and on the bodies of his victims drinks the blood of his victims from a chalice. In heaven, Time reveals the naked Truth, the Law looks on. Above it, the All-Seeing Eye. Below the title a four-line caption and a four-line verse in French. The print is from May 1795, in October Le Bon himself was executed., print maker: Charles Pierre Joseph Normand, after design by: Poirier de Dunkerque, (mentioned on object), after design by: Louis Lafitte, France, 13-May-1795, paper, etching, height 340 mm × width 380 mm, height 355 mm × width 400 mm.

Allegory of the reign of terror of the revolutionary Joseph le Bon, Les formes acerbes (title on object), Allegory of the reign of terror of the French revolutionary Joseph le Bon in the years 1793-1794. Le Bon standing between two guillotines and on the bodies of his victims drinks the blood of his victims from a chalice. In heaven, Time reveals the naked Truth, the Law looks on. Above it, the All-Seeing Eye. Below the title a four-line caption and a four-line verse in French. The print is from May 1795, in October Le Bon himself was executed., print maker: Charles Pierre Joseph Normand, after design by: Poirier de Dunkerque, (mentioned on object), after design by: Louis Lafitte, France, 13-May-1795, paper, etching, height 340 mm × width 380 mm, height 355 mm × width 400 mm

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