Canvas Print: La Patrie Est En Danger, 1830
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Canvas Print: La Patrie Est En Danger, 1830

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  • Title: La Patrie Est En Danger, 1830
  • Description: French political cartoon uses a scene from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels to compare the situation surrounding the 1830 July Revolution in France to the time when l'Assemblee (the French revolutionary government) issued a proclamation on 11 July 1792 in an exaggerated response to a war threat. Print shows Lilliputians fastening Gulliver to the ground and rushing around in other activities. Hovering above the scene is a hot air balloon.
  • Subjects: Balloons (Aircraft)--1830, France--History--July Revolution, 1830, Gulliver (Fictitious character)--1830, Lilliputians (Fictitious character)--1830, Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745.--Gulliver's travels
  • Collection: Tissandier Collection. The collection contains items documenting the early history of aeronautics with an emphasis on balloon flight in France and other European countries. Subjects include general and technical images of balloons, airships, and flying machines; portraits of famous balloonists; views of numerous ascensions, accidents, and world’s fairs; cartoons featuring balloon themes; pictorial and textual broadsides; and colorful ephemera and poster advertisements. There are also several hundred illustrations clipped from books and newspapers. The pictures, created by many different artists, span the years 1773 to 1910, with the bulk dating 1780-1890.
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