The zenith of French glory [graphic] ; The pinnacle of liberty : religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell! / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The zenith of French glory [graphic] ; The pinnacle of liberty : religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell! / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.
A ragged sansculotte sits astride a lamp brackets high above a square where a crowd, all wearing bonnets-rouges and all watching the beheading of Louis XVI. He fiddles as he smiles down at the scene. Hanging below him from the same lamp post are two monks and a bishop, their hands bound. Further in the distance are more hung bodies and a cathedral in flames.