Cham caricature depicting the national constituent assembly (may 4, 1848 – april 26, 1849). In the image you can recognize:
andré dupin (in the background and center left of the figure, arms extended upwards);
félix pyat threatening pierre-joseph proudhon (in the foreground, below and to the left);
alphonse de lamartine (kneeling, foreground and center);
adolphe crémieux (seated with arms crossed, in the foreground, bottom and center, next to lamartine);
victor considerant (in the background, between dupin and lamartine, and holding dupin's magistrate's cap high, allusion to fourierism);
adolphe thiers pulling pierre leroux's hair (in the background and center, behind crémieux);
général cavaignac, at the far right of the image, armed with a saber, and wearing a national hat);
général lamoricière, armed in the same manner as cavaignac, and situated between the latter and adolphe thiers;
bernard sarrans (assis à l'extrême-droite);
president armand marrast (center and above, shaking his bell);
jules favre (with a bow, sitting on the platform);
ledru-rollin (in the background and behind lamartine, raising his hand and right arm, facing the explosion of laws of the constitution). Date: 1850.
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