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Title
Les faux monnoyeurs
Type
Monograph
Contribution
Travies de Villers, Charles Joseph, 1804-1859 (Artist)
Subject
Persil, J.-C. (Jean-Charles), 1785-1870
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850
Government officials--France--1830-1840 (LCTGM)
Censorship--France--1830-1840 (LCTGM)
Presses--France--1830-1840 (LCTGM)
Coins--France--1830-1840 (LCTGM)
France--History--Louis Philippe, 1830-1848
Satires (Visual works)--French--1830-1840 (GMGPC)
Lithographs--French--1830-1840 (GMGPC)
Language
French
Classification
LCC: PC 5 - 1833, no. 3
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Note
Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Summary
Print shows government ministers and lawyers operating a press that squeezes money out of confiscated newspapers; Jean-Charles Persil is seen at center feeding a "Tribune" into a press topped with a pear, which turns it into coins. Louis Philippe, King of the French, is shown behind Persil as a shadowy figure carrying off a bag of coins.
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Travies de Villers, Charles Joseph, 1804-1859 Les faux monnoyeurs