Charon,Sr Remy,Elysian Fields,Jean Calas,1789

Title: Messieurs Delaunay, Flexelles, Berthier, Foulon, et les deux Gardes du Corps qui ont été decolés par le peuple, voudraient passer jusqu'aux Champs Eliseés en depit de Caron qui ne recoit dans sa barque que le Sr. Remy François boulanger victime innocente de la fureur aristocratique: l'infortuné Calas et autres viennent le recevoir a l'autre bord
Date Created/Published: [1789]
Summary: Print shows Charon accepting the baker Sr. Remy, mistakenly beheaded, into his boat while rejecting several government officials and guardsmen, all who carry their severed heads atop pikes; on the opposite shore, the Elysian Fields, the unfortunate Jean Calas and others have come to welcome the baker.
Notes:
Title from item - some punctuation added for clarity.
de Vinck, 1624
Blum, 97
Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Calas, Jean,--1698-1762.
Decapitations--France--1780-1790.
Government officials--France--1780-1790.
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
Cartoons (Commentary)--French--1780-1790.
Etchings--French--Hand-colored--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2004679083/
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