Sublime and beautiful reflections on the French revolution, or the man in the moon at large, engraving 1790, 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, labeled French Revolution shows a woman holding a liberty cap and a crown, standing on a man holding a chain.
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Sublime and beautiful reflections on the French revolution, or the man in the moon at large, engraving 1790, 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, labeled French Revolution shows a woman holding a liberty cap and a crown, standing on a man holding a chain.

Date

1790

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Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

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LZT16A00_177

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Sublime beautiful reflections French revolution man moon large engraving 1790 Edmund Burke sitting desk crescent holding quill pen open pamphlet inkwell broken chains hang wrists scene front labeled woman liberty cap crown standing chain vintage retro retro styled engraved image engravement victorian art culture illustrative technique history historical old antique nostalgia arkheia nostalgic historic artwork old-fashioned romantic aged traditional historic art

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