People under the Old Regime
Title
People under the Old Regime
Subject
Louis XVI
Clergy
Description
This image shows "the people" as a chained and blindfolded man being crushed under the weight of the rich, including both clergy and nobility. Such a perspective on the period before 1789 purposely exaggerates social divisions and would have found few proponents before the Revolution, but the image does reveal the social clash felt so intensely by the revolutionaries.
Creator
None Identified
Source
Library of Congress
Date
1815
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/215/
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
215
Original Format
Etching
Physical Dimensions
34.2 x 29.7 cm (plate)
Title (French)
Le peuple sous l'ancien Regime
Citation
None Identified, “People under the Old Regime,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed April 18, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/215.