Political satire on louis-philippe's fall from power: in the foreground, a showman wearing a cap and cravat faces an audience as he points a stick at a puppet show behind him, in which polichinelle wearing a phrygian cap over his long hair clutches a large club ending in a fist and lettered 'pouvoir', while next to him an aristocrat holds his arms up in horror at the sight of louis-philippe hanging backwards over the edge of the stand, on the side of which are various pamphlets including three on political issues, the september laws, a police ordinance announcement and a prohibition of gatherings; scene in a park or public garden, a large building in the background
hand-coloured lithograph. Date: 1848. Dimensions: Height: 233 mm (ruled border); Width: 197 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Louis Philippe, King of the French. Collection: British Museum. Chacun son tour! (BM 1861,1012.833)
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