"Bureau des départs," Le Charivari (1848)
"Bureau des départs," Le Charivari, Paris, March 1, 1848. Reproduced from Roy Douglas, 'Great Nations Still Unchained': The Cartoonists' Vision of Empire 1848-1914, Routledge, 1993, 5. This cartoon shows Marianne (France), wearing the cap of Liberty, dismissing the sovereigns of Europe following the abdication of Louis Philippe in February 1848 and the formation of the "Second Republic."
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