Watch your rear!!!, Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Satire on censorship; to the right, an angry uniformed ogre-like figure (a policeman or national guard) with waxed moustache, his eyes bulging, raises his sabre in his right hand to attack a rocky outcrop to the left; further back two frightened figures peer out from behind a mountain shaped as an éteignoir (candle-snuffer) or pain de sucre - identifying it as a symbol of censorship; published in 'le miroir' on 30 may 1822 lithograph. Date: 1822. Dimensions: Height: 239 mm (image); Width: 309 mm (image). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Gare derrière !!! (Watch your rear !!!) (BM 1987,0516.39)