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The genius of France extirpating despotism tyranny & oppress
The genius of France extirpating despotism tyranny & oppression from the face of the earth Or the royal warriors defeated. Cartoon shows a woman wearing a liberty cap, representing the genius of France, holding a cat-o -nine-tails in one hand and the reins of a donkey in the other; on this donkey and another bucking in the background are several monarchs identified as Prussia, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Brunswick, Turkey, Spain, and, falling to the ground, China; Louis XVI lies on the ground beneath the donkey held by the woman; in the left foreground, sitting on the ground tearing her hair is Marie I of Portugal. Date 1792 Dec. 21. The genius of France extirpating despotism tyranny & oppression from the face of the earth Or the royal warriors defeated. Cartoon shows a woman wearing a liberty cap, representing the genius of France, holding a cat-o -nine-tails in one hand and the reins of a donkey in the other; on this donkey and another bucking in the background are several monarchs identified as Prussia, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Brunswick, Turkey, Spain, and, falling to the ground, China; Louis XVI lies on the ground beneath the donkey held by the woman; in the left foreground, sitting on the ground tearing her hair is Marie I of Portugal. Date 1792 Dec. 21
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December 21, 1792: The Genius of France Extirpating Despotism, Tyranny, and Oppression from the Face of the Earth or The Royal Warriors Defeated This powerful and provocative political cartoon, published in December 1792, depicts the "Genius of France" triumphantly subduing a donkey representing despotism and tyranny. The woman personifying France wears a liberty cap and wields both a cat-o'-nine-tails and the reins of the donkey. Several monarchs, identified as Prussia, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Brunswick, Turkey, Spain, and China, are depicted riding or clinging to the bucking donkey. Louis XVI of France lies defeated beneath the animal, while Marie I of Portugal, tears her hair in despair in the foreground. This image reflects the revolutionary fervor that swept through Europe in the late 18th century, as various nations sought to overthrow their monarchs and establish more democratic forms of government. The French Revolution, which began in 1789, had already resulted in the execution of King Louis XVI in January 1793. This cartoon celebrates the triumph of the French Revolution and the defeat of the "royal warriors" who represented the old order of monarchical rule. The use of a donkey as a symbol of despotism and tyranny was a common motif in revolutionary propaganda, as the animal was often associated with stupidity and weakness. By depicting the monarchs as riding or clinging to the donkey, the cartoonist emphasizes their subjugation to the revolutionary spirit represented by the Genius of France. Overall, this powerful image captures the excitement and optimism of the revolutionary era, as well as the determination to overthrow the old order and establish a new, more democratic world.
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