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Presenté et dedié a la convention National l'an 2 de la Republique

A. Duplessis

Date: 1793
Medium: Etching and stipple engraving, roulette and burnishing in black on off-white laid paper
Culture: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago

The little-known Parisian printmaker A. Duplessis specialized in allegorical representations of events surrounding the French Revolution. This large sheet celebrates the 1793 constitution, which was based on the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man, with additions including the abolition of slavery and the right of rebellion. Delicate roulette shading contrasts the architectural space occupied by the National Convention with the outside crowds. The burnished beam of light issuing from the cloud at upper right may illuminate Maximilien de Robespierre, the French statesman who advocated for the secularization of the state and led the Reign of Terror.

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