French liberty, Nixon, John, -1818, artist, [1793 July], on the right Liberty is torn from her Temple by a hired band of Ruffians bound & going to be Sacrificed to the rage of these Ignorant People; ... and on the left, artists and artisans, a mother with two children, and others are driven away by booted thugs with clubs, at center a spinning wheel burns, a boy adds a book Fine Arts to the fire, and an old man breaks in half the staff of Liberty. Additional scenes of merriment and chaos take place in the background.
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French liberty, Nixon, John, -1818, artist, [1793 July], on the right Liberty is torn from her Temple by a hired band of Ruffians bound & going to be Sacrificed to the rage of these Ignorant People; ... and on the left, artists and artisans, a mother with two children, and others are driven away by booted thugs with clubs, at center a spinning wheel burns, a boy adds a book Fine Arts to the fire, and an old man breaks in half the staff of Liberty. Additional scenes of merriment and chaos take place in the background.

Date

1793

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

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LZT16A00_190

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French liberty Nixon John 1818 artist 1793 July right torn Temple hired band Ruffians bound & going Sacrificed rage Ignorant People left artists artisans mother two children driven away booted thugs clubs center spinning wheel burns boy adds book Fine Arts fire old man breaks half staff Liberty. Additional scenes merriment chaos take place background vintage retro retro styled engraved image engraving engravement victorian art culture illustrative technique history historical antique nostalgia arkheia nostalgic historic artwork old-fashioned romantic aged traditional historic art

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