Leave the stripe of servitude, and take up the pickaxe of independence, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, between 1824 and 1827

"give up the braid of servitude and take up the pick-axe of independence"; a working man gestures towards a pick-axe and encourages his son to engage in manual labour; the young man has already discarded his coat and hat and is in the process of undoing his cuffs; a weeping woman with a bottle and a glass in front of her is in the background. 1824-7 lithograph. Date: between 1824 and 1827. Dimensions: Height: 184 mm (image); Height: 243 mm (sheet); Width: 147 mm; Width: 194 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Quittes le galon de la servitude, et reprends la pioche de l'indépendance (BM 1861,1012.680)