The Board of Censors Moves Out

Eugène Delacroix|Charles Motte

1822 · Lithograph; only state · Drawings and Prints

The Board of Censors Moves Out — Eugène Delacroix|Charles Motte

In this print Delacroix is making a satirical reference to the official government "abolition" of censorship in 1822 which is suggested by the devil leading a car which hauls the censors away from their abandoned headquarters.

Artist
Eugène Delacroix|Charles Motte
Date
1822
Medium
Lithograph; only state
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

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