Resurrection of Censorship, 1 March 1831

Plate 125, n. 62; satire on the enforcement of censorship parodying the resurrection of christ; with count d'argout as a claw-feeted man rising from a chest clutching a large pair of scissors; the chest rests on stones bearing the dates '27 28 29 juillet' (the three glorious days of the july revolution); on the left, four sleeping men symbolizing the press; one of them wear a nightcap bearing the word 'constitutionnel' (the official newspaper of the government). 29 february 1831 lithograph. Date: 1 March 1831. Dimensions: Height: 249 mm (printed area); Width: 266 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Antoine Maurice Apollinaire, Comte d'Argout. Collection: British Museum.